Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Stravinsky and Hindemith from the Berlin Music Festival
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski perform Stravinsky and Hindemith
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Hannah's classical mix
Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
09:00
Essential Classics—Georgia Mann
The ideal mix of classical music for your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Vaughan Williams Today, Legacy with Alain Frogley
20/20Donald Macleod and Alain Frogley explore changing attitudes to Vaughan Williams’ music.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—The Songs of Duparc at Lammermuir Festival (4/4)
Soprano Sarah Fox and pianist Malcolm Martineau perform music by Duparc and Debussy.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Friday - Vaughan Williams 150: Symphony No 8
Martyn Brabbins conducts a new recording of Vaughan Williams's Eighth Symphony.
16:30
The Listening Service—Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams
Tom Service on one of Vaughan Williams' most spellbinding pieces of music.
17:00
In Tune—Darbar Festival, Oxford Lieder Catch Club
Katie Derham looks forward to the Darbar Festival and Oxford Lieder Festival.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Power through with classical music
Five hundred years of music across three continents, from Tallis to Tom Ze.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Schumann and Beethoven from Gateshead
Royal Northern Sinfonia play Schumann's Cello Concerto and Beethoven's Eighth Symphony.
22:00
The Verb—Benjamin Zephaniah
Ian McMillan presents an extended interview with poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah.
22:45
The Essay—Vaughan Williams: Belonging, Vaughan Williams - Amanda Dalton
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
23:00
Late Junction—Big debuts
For National Album Day, Verity Sharp digs out some of our all-time favourite debut albums.
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Late
01:00
Tearjerker—Sigrid, Sigrid's favourite heartbreakers
Sigrid shares her ultimate heartbreakers with an hour of soothing pieces.
02:00
Downtime Symphony—Your laid-back orchestral soundtrack, from Tchaikovsky to OutKast
An hour of wind-down music to help you press pause and reset your mind.(R)
03:00
Through the Night—Estonian Festival Orchestra
Flautist Emmanuel Pahud performs Mozart's First Flute Concerto.
