| 00:00 | 00:00Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history. 00:30The Marmen Quartet perform at the Philharmonie in Berlin.
| 00:30A chamber concert by the wind players of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
| 00:30Simone Young conducts the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Mahler, Schubert and Schoenberg.
| 00:30The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, perform Mendelssohn's Second Symphony, 'Lobgesang'.
| 00:30Music for Good Friday by Haydn, Zivkovic, MacMillan and Silvestrov.
| | 00:00Corey Mwamba presents improvised music blurring the lines between worlds.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00A series of musical discovery from classical to electronic and beyond.
| 01:00Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Baltic Sea Festival
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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:004/9Nao and Pauli Lovejoy help to boost your morning mood with positive vibes. 02:305/9Nao and Marisa Peer show how meditation can help you believe in yourself.
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| 03:00 | | | | | | 03:00Modestas Pitrėnas conducts the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Elizabeth Alker sets up your Saturday morning.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
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| 09:00 | 09:00A great selection of classical music for your morning.
| 09:00The best classical music, specially selected for your morning.
| 09:00The ideal mix of classical music for your morning.
| 09:00The perfect selection of classical music for your morning.
| 09:00Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
| 09:00Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Britten's Peter Grimes.
| 09:00Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45Tom Service explores classical music's place in British society.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Hildegard’s life is transformed after she reveals a long-held secret. With Donald Macleod.
| 12:002/5Leonarda’s talent flourishes within the confines of her convent. With Donald Macleod
| 12:003/5Hildegard becomes a leader and strikes out on her own. With Donald Macleod.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod examines how Leonarda’s music reached beyond the walls of her convent.
| 12:005/5Hildegard’s secretaries prepare to preserve the story of her life. With Donald Macleod.
| 12:30Jess Gillam is joined by the Finnish bass player and composer Lauri Porra.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley’s guest is the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Live from the Wigmore Hall, a song recital with music by Ravel, Mahler and Kurt Weill.
| 13:00Hannah French presents piano duo Simon Crawford-Philips and Philip Moore in Russian music.(R)
| 13:00Hannah French presents soprano Olena Tokar and pianist James Baillieu in Russian songs.(R)
| 13:00Hannah French presents the Leonore Trio performing Rachmaninov's Second Trio élégiaque.(R)
| 13:00Hannah French presents pianist Boris Giltburg in sonatas by Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.(R)
| 13:00Hear bassoonist Sarah Burnett open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
| 13:00Live from the Wigmore Hall, a song recital with music by Ravel, Mahler and Kurt Weill.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in Slovakia, plus music by Ravel, Dvorak and Byrd.
| 14:00Bonsori Kim plays Sibelius' Violin Concerto, plus music by Zelenka, Mozart and Delius.
| 14:00Shostakovich's Violin Concerto in Rome, plus music by Wagner, Vivaldi and Carwithen.
| 14:00The BBC Singers perform a live sequence for Maundy Thursday from St Paul's, Knightsbridge.
| 14:00Bach's St John Passion with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and Arcangelo Chorus.
| | 14:00Hannah French looks into the music and history behind Bach's Easter Oratorio.
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00Matthew Sweet is joined by Hollywood composer Bill Conti.
| 15:00Live from Chester Cathedral on Easter Day.
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| 16:00 | 16:30William Thomas sings Brahms's Four Serious Songs.
| | 16:00Live from Truro Cathedral for the Wednesday of Holy Week.
| | 16:30Tom Service explores the connections between Klezmer and classical music.(R)
| 16:00Lopa Kothari with the latest sounds from across the globe.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Sean Rafferty with The Sixteen, Mitsuko Uchida and the London Handel Players.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty with James Rhodes and Solomon's Knot.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty with Garrick Ohlsson, Robin Tritschler and Akram Khan & Jocelyn Pook.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty with the cast of Oklahoma! and Lucy Humphris.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty with Connaught Brass and the Paddington Trio.
| 17:00Live music from jazz fusion guitarist Lionel Loueke, and Nikki Iles’ musical inspirations.
| 17:00Tom Service explores musical evocations of wilderness and the natural world. 17:30From Easter flowers to Passover meals and midnight church services.(R)
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:30From the New York Met: Puccini's Tosca starring Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role.
| 18:45Roger Law looks at the life and work of Bruce Lacey.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30Czech Philharmonic Orchestra premieres Detlev Glanert's Prague Symphony after Franz Kafka.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30Tadaaki Otaka conducts British masterworks, culminating in Elgar's Second Symphony.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.(R) 19:30Anastasia Kobekina and pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula play Brahms's two cello sonatas.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30BBC NOW and Christian Curnyn perform Haydn's 'Mass for troubled times'.
| 19:00In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.(R) 19:30Live from King's College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde conducts BBC CO in Dvorak's Stabat Mater.
| | 19:30A musical love story for today, inspired by Edwin DuBose Heyward's iconic novella Porgy.
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| 21:00 | 21:30From Dunstable Priory with St Martin's Voices.
| | | | | | 21:20Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Kate Molleson marks the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov's birth.(R) 22:45Jade Munslow Ong reads 20s writing by Solomon T Plaatje, Roy Campbell and William Plomer.
| 22:00Christopher Harding finds out about the research done by ten academics chosen this year. 22:45The father of modern computing thought the sea could communicate. Joan Passey tells us why
| 22:00Matthew Sweet and guests visit a Tate Britain show and look at Pater's Renaissance ideas. 22:45Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.
| 22:00Is the idea that religion and science are at odds a myth? 22:45Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel.
| 22:00Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Symmons Roberts, Kate Fox, and Jacob Polley. 22:45Clare Siviter looks at attempts to liberate and then censor expression in 1790s France.
| 22:00Tom Service presents some recent concert performances of music by Richard Barrett.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 23:00Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 23:00Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 23:00Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.(R) 23:30Elizabeth Alker shares a mix of ambient music. Soweto Kinch sits in the Listening Chair.
| 23:00Verity Sharp welcomes in the spring with a selection of adventurous and disruptive music.
| | 23:00Ruth Gibson explores the viola's unique voice and repertoire that has been written for it.
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