Schedule
Early
00:00
Freeness—Free Music from Leeds
Corey Mwamba explores the improvised music scene in Leeds with the help of Emil Karlsen.
01:00
Through the Night—Hungarian National Day
Virtuoso recorder player Erik Bosgraaf conducts the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with an invigorating musical mix
Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—György Ligeti
Michael Berkeley speaks to composer György Ligeti in a programme first broadcast in 1997.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—New Generation Artists in Concert (6)
A keyboard suite by Bach and a cello sonata by Brahms played by New Generation Artists.
14:00
The Early Music Show—Tuma's Te Deum
Andreas Scholl and the Prague Ensemble Baroque perform sacred music by Frantisek Tuma.
15:00
Choral Evensong—St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Live from St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—Jazz for a Sunday afternoon
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
17:00
The Listening Service—All the King's Music
Tom Service assesses the history of the post of master of the king's (or queen's) music.(R)
17:30
Words and Music—Aspects of the Divine
Readings from Shakespeare to Wordsworth and Larkin, and music from Beethoven to Bruckner.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—The Many Diagnoses of Robert Schumann
Phil Hebblethwaite traces the explanations for Schumann‘s illness and death.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2023, Prom 47: Les Siècles play Ligeti and Mozart
Live at the BBC Proms: François‐Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Mozart.
22:00
Record Review Extra—Katy Hamilton's Robert Schumann
Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music.
23:00
The American Clarinet—So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star?
The story of how America took a European instrument and made it its own: a new century.(R)
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Late
00:00
Classical Fix—Elf Lyons
Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for comedy artist Elf Lyons.(R)
00:30
Through the Night—Beethoven's Fifth from the Lanaudière Festival in Canada
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in concert.
