Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—A Viennese salon
Sarah Connolly and Julius Drake perform songs by Alma Mahler and her contemporaries.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tom McKinney
The ideal mix of classical music for your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), Sullivan meets Gilbert
Donald Macleod explores the period when Sullivan meets the librettist W.S. Gilbert.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Edinburgh New Town Concert Series (2/4)
Quatuor Ébène perform Schumann, and the Van Baerle Trio play Fauré.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Beethoven's Fifth Symphony from New York
Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra play Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
16:00
Choral Evensong—St John’s College, Cambridge
From the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge, with St John’s Voices.
17:00
In Tune—Daria van den Bercken, Nicolas Altstaedt
Katie Derham with Daria van den Bercken.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Classical music to inspire you
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—The London Sinfonietta and Sound Intermedia at the Royal Festival Hall
Music by Steve Reich, Julius Eastman, Julia Wolfe, Mira Calix and Anna Clyne.
22:00
Free Thinking—Ginger Rogers
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Ginger Rogers's dancing, comic timing and 'sass'.
22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers 2022, Stupid Victorians
Louise Creechan looks at the impact of 19th-century ideas about intelligence.
23:00
Night Tracks—The music garden
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Aubert, Ravel and Roussel from Monte Carlo
Violinist Renaud Capuçon joins the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic and conductor Fabien Gabel.
