| 00:00 | 00:00Linton Stephens tries out a classical playlist on comedian Josie Long. 00:30Glière's Harp Concerto from Emily Hoile with the Biel-Solothurn Symphony Orchestra.
| 00:30Violinist Alina Ibraghimova & pianist Cédric Tiberghien perform music by Ysaye & Franck.
| 00:30The Slovak Philharmonic perform bewitching music by Lyadov, Mussorgsky and Stravinsky.
| 00:30Sol Gabetta plays Bloch with Oslo Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra. Klaus Mäkelä conducts.
| 00:30The Cererols Choir with conductor Marc Díaz perform music by Guerrero, Morales and Lobo.
| | 00:00Corey Mwamba presents new music with undercurrents of intensity.(R)
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:0010/13Ólafur Arnalds seeks the calm inside the storm with a selection of weather-inspired music.(R)
| 01:00A concert given to mark the 150th anniversary of Sergey Rachmaninov's birth.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:00Laufey looks to the movies for harmonious magic from Romeo & Juliet, Frozen and La La Land(R)
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| 03:00 | | | | | | 03:00Johan Dalene joins the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for Nielsen's Violin Concerto.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your 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 | 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D, 'Haffner'.
| 09:00Linton Stephens chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45Presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch speaks to mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5The man who single-handedly revolutionised Mexican music.
| 12:002/5Chávez arrives in New York at the height of the Roaring Twenties.
| 12:003/5Chávez returns to his homeland.
| 12:004/5Chávez is at an all-time high - but he finds himself composing less and less.
| 12:005/5Chávez raises the next generation of Mexican composers - then leaves Mexico behind.
| 12:30Jess Gillam chats to trumpeter Lucy Humphris about the music they love.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is singer, fiddler and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Live from Wigmore Hall, an all-Beethoven recital from pianist Paul Lewis and friends.
| 13:00Chamber music for four hands and one piano by Schubert and Kurtag.
| 13:00The Castalian String Quartet perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No 13 in B flat, Op 130.
| 13:00A virtuosic solo violin festival debut of music by Bach, Ysaye and Milstein.
| 13:00Music by Janacek, Schubert and a new work for string quartet by Mark-Anthony Turnage.
| 13:00Hear baritone Benjamin Appl open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
| 13:00Live from Wigmore Hall, an all-Beethoven recital from pianist Paul Lewis and friends.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn's ever-popular Violin Concerto.
| 14:00Music inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's epic novel.
| 14:00Max Reger's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart.
| 14:00A battle with fate in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
| 14:00Ryan Bancroft conducts Tchaikovsky's orchestral masterpiece.
| | 14:00Music associated with the ancient Greek concept of the four elements. Today... fire.(R)
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00Matthew Sweet looks at the musical scores of movies set against the backdrop of Venice.
| 15:00From St Eustachius Church, Tavistock, during the Exon Singers Festival.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:30Radio 3's New Generation Artists play chamber music by Ginastera, Grieg and Vitali.
| | 16:00From St Eustachius Church, Tavistock, during the Exon Singers Festival.
| | 16:30What exactly is a symphony, and are they just a thing of classical music's past?(R)
| 16:00Music from Fatoumata Diawara, Tinariwen and Amar Essahi.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Pianist Cordelia Williams and Conductor-composer Sir George Benjamin join Sean Rafferty.
| 17:00Conductor Raphaël Pichon and pianist Llŷr Williams join Sean Rafferty.
| 17:00Conductor Gavin Sutherland and violinist Esther Abrami join Sean Rafferty.
| 17:00Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards joins Sean Rafferty.
| 17:00Soprano Fatma Said and clarinettist Julian Bliss join Sean Rafferty.
| 17:00Jumoké Fashola celebrates Japan’s rich jazz scene with special guest Miho Hazama.
| 17:00Tom Service immerses himself in the joyous world of Poulenc's Gloria. 17:30Lost ones, magical ones and fumbling at locks with Dante, Rumi and Tracy Beaker.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:30Verdi's Don Carlo from the Royal Opera House, London, starring soprano Lise Davidsen.
| 18:45The fascinating story behind artist and film-maker Derek Jarman's final masterpiece, Blue.
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| 19:00 | 19:00A 30-minute soundscape of classical music with Elgar, Shostakovich, Bach and Joanna Marsh. 19:30A fusion of Venezuelan culture alongside Mahler's folk-infused Symphony No 1.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Nicola Benedetti and Tom Service present a concert exploring music of our time.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Contrasting symphonies by Sibelius and Mahler and 'a prayer for our world' by Rolf Gupta.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, from Purcell to Schumann. 19:30Celebrated Beijing-born pianist Yuja Wang performs Ravel before a Shostakovich symphony.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Karina Canellakis conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
| | 19:30Florian Zeller’s powerful drama about parenthood and the impact of mental illness.(R)
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| 21:00 | | | | | | | 21:20Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Kate Molleson in conversation with cellist Abel Selaocoe plus pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.(R) 22:45Archaeologist David Miles tells the story of the Cantiaci of Kent.(R)
| 22:00Rana Mitter talks to the six authors shortlisted for the UK's main history writing prize. 22:45Caradoc Peters reveals a formative period of Cornwall's past that still resonates today.(R)
| 22:00Diarmuid Hester & Dodie Bellamy tell Naomi Paxton about a 70s experimental writing group. 22:45Melanie Giles describes the chariot burials that distinguish the Parisi of East Yorkshire.(R)
| 22:00Ahead of a BFI festival, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Powell and Pressburger's film 22:45Historian Nicki Howarth-Pollard pieces together Queen Cartimandua's reign and fate.(R)
| 22:00Ian McMillan explores the boom in Irish writing. 22:45Poet Menna Elfyn senses the enduring presence of the Demetae in Carmarthen.(R)
| 22:45Music by Matthew Herbert, Beat Furrer and Natasha Barrett.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. 23:30Max Richter’s Voices at Bluedot Festival, with Tilda Swinton in the role of narrator.
| 23:00Verity Sharp continues our celebration of cassette culture with a commission from Goldblum
| | 23:00Cellist, singer and composer Abel Selaocoe explores the infinite bounds of the cello.(R)
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