Schedule
Early
00:00
Freeness—Rapturous Rhythms
Corey Mwamba shares a new take on jungle and a selection of energetic improvised music.
01:00
Through the Night—Trio con Brio
Music by Rued Langgaard and the Viennese School from the renowned Copenhagen ensemble.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with a sparkling musical mix
Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Arifa Akbar
Michael Berkeley’s guest is writer and theatre critic Arifa Akbar.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—The Gesualdo Six
Live from Wigmore Hall, Owain Park directs his acclaimed vocal ensemble.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—The Musette
Lucie and Dr Amanda Babington explore the history of a type of bagpipe called the musette.
15:00
Choral Evensong—Gloucester Cathedral
Live from Gloucester Cathedral on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—Your Favourite Things
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
17:00
The Listening Service—The Goldberg Variations
Tom Service unlocks mysteries of Bach's towering keyboard work The Goldberg Variations.(R)
17:30
Words and Music—Molière
With speeches about hypochondria miserliness and self deception from the French playwright(R)
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Simon Heffer explores what lies behind the Sixth Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
19:30
Drama on 3—People Everywhere Will Sing
The story of Ralph Vaughan Williams's radical contribution to the late queen's coronation.
21:00
Record Review Extra—Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending
Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music.
23:00
The American Clarinet—Mid-Century Modern
The story of how America took a European instrument and made it its own: the middle years.
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Late
00:00
Classical Fix—Valerie June
Jules Buckley mixes a classical playlist for singer-songwriter Valerie June.(R)
00:30
Through the Night—Swedish Radio Choir recorded in Stockholm
Peter Dijkstra conducts works by Gustav and Alma Mahler, Brahms, Storm and Schoenberg.
