Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Debussy Impressions
Xu Zhong conducts the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-Debussy concert.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical picks
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—Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Music on Demand
3/5Donald Macleod explores the music Purcell wrote to mark specific occasions.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Sounds of France, Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more
Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton perform French Romantic song.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Mathis der Maler
The Ulster Orchestra play Hindemith's symphonic prequel to the opera Mathis der Maler.
16:00
Choral Evensong—St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, London
From St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, London, with the Rodolfus Choir.
17:00
In Tune—The Bloomsbury Quartet, Claire Martin and Scott Dunn
Sean Rafferty with the Bloomsbury Quartet, and Claire Martin and Scott Dunn.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO, live
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the CBSO in a Schumann concerto and a Prokofiev ballet.
22:00
Free Thinking—Decadent Art
New research into ideas about decadence and connections with France, England and Iran.
22:45
The Essay—Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea: Wales and its Coastal Waters, Putting the Whales in Wales
Jon Gower tells the story of the arrival of American Quaker émigrés at Milford Haven.
23:00
Night Tracks—Around midnight
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Stravinsky, Messiaen and Berg from Paris
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and Daniel Harding with clarinettist Jérôme Voisin.
