Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—A Beethoven Journey
Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Caroline Shaw's Watermark, which was inspired by it.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), A Return to Civility
4/5Donald Macleod untangles the musical repercussions of Ravel’s war experience.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's Artist Focus: Gareth Davies
Flautist Gareth Davies and Michael McHale play music by William Grant Still and Reinecke.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday - Vaughan Williams and Tippett
The BBC Philharmonic play music by Vaughan Williams and Tippett at the BBC Proms.
17:00
In Tune—BBC Singers, Barry Wordsworth, Yshani Perinpanayagam
Katie Derham with the BBC Singers and Yshani Perinpanayagam.
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Evening
19:00
BBC Proms—2022, Prom 9: The Two Scheherazades
Live BBC Proms: Ariane Matiakh, the BBC NOW and harpist Catrin Finch in a world premiere.
22:00
Free Thinking—Modernism around the World
Rana Mitter looks at Bauhaus in Delhi, Japanese and South African novels and Mexican art.(R)
22:45
The Essay—Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Storm Jameson
4/5A Yorkshire-born writer with a European outlook who campaigned for World War II refugees.(R)
23:00
The Night Tracks Mix—Music for the darkling hour
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
23:30
Unclassified—Crashing waves and curlew calls
Escape with Elizabeth Alker for an hour of music that defies classification.(R)
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Hasse and Mozart from Oslo
Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic play Hasse's Fuga e Grave and Mozart's 'Jupiter'.
