Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—The Carnivals of the Animals
Works by Poulenc, Saint-Saens and Guinovart. Jonathan Swain presents
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Perk up your morning with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Classical coffee break
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—A Medieval Christmas, Christmas at Notre Dame
3/5Donald Macleod explores musical innovations at Paris’s newly built gothic cathedral.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast International Arts Festival 2023 (2/4)
Elisabeth Brauss and friends perform Schubert and Franck.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Prokofiev's Classical Symphony
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs Prokofiev's Classical Symphony
16:00
Choral Evensong—Church of Our Lady of Victories, Kensington, London
Choral Vespers from the Church of Our Lady of Victories, Kensington, London.
17:00
In Tune—Wind down from work with classical music
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Expand your horizons with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Music from Eastern European composers, including Mieczyslaw Weinberg's Clarinet Concerto.
22:00
Free Thinking—Narnia and CS Lewis
Exploring the literary and theological terrain of C.S. Lewis's Narnia
22:45
The Essay—The Enormous Condescension of Posterity, Those Thompson Left Behind
Christienna Fryar on the inspiration of EP Thompson's classic work of social history.
23:00
Night Tracks—The constant harmony machine
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Martha Argerich plays Beethoven's First Piano Concerto
Renaud Capuçon conducts music by Prokofiev, Beethoven and Ravel in Lausanne.
