Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—The Travelling Piano
Mihail Horia travels with a concert grand to places in Romania without concert pianos.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Kate's classical commute
Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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—Richard Wagner (1813-1883), A New Beginning
3/5Wagner selects a new site for his theatre, but the costs soon spiral. With Donald Macleod.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's: Basically Beethoven (2/4)
Cellist Andrei Ioniță and pianist Luka Okros pair Beethoven with music by Schumann.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Handel's Dixit Dominus
Music by Debussy, Handel and Vivaldi.
16:00
Choral Evensong—St John’s College, Cambridge
Live from the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge, on Ash Wednesday.
17:00
In Tune—Federico Colli, Aziz Ibrahim and George Young
Pianist Federico Colli, and Aziz Ibrahim & George Young join Katie Derham.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Half an hour of the finest classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Sibelius, Prokofiev and the CBSO
The CBSO, live from Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
22:00
Free Thinking—Ghosts of Caribbean history
New writing by Colin Grant and Kevin Jared Hosein; art by Michael Elliott and Mary Evans.
22:45
The Essay—Walking the Causeways, Claire McGowan
Five writers walk us along the beguiling routes of tidal causeways. Today, Burgh Island.
23:00
Night Tracks—The late zone
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Kazuki Yamada conducts the CBSO at the 2022 BBC Proms
Elena Urioste and Ben Goldscheider join the CBSO in Glinka, Smyth and Rachmaninov.
