Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Popular music as art
Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton with music inspired by traditional and cabaret songs.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Classical sunrise
Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—The ideal morning mix of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), Rivalries
4/5Smetana campaigns to save his conducting job at the National Theatre. With Donald Macleod.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Radio 3 New Generation Artists - Giorgi Gigashvili
Giorgi Gigashvili plays piano music by Chopin, Bach and Shostakovich.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Prokofiev's Fifth
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra plays Prokofiev's Symphony no.5
17:00
In Tune—Classical music live from the BBC
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Your daily classical soundtrack
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Puccini, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner
Romantic orchestral music is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
22:00
Free Thinking—The Dutch connection
John Gallagher hears about new research into Anglo-Dutch trade and early publishing.
22:45
The Essay—Moments of Being, The Lives of Others
Joanna Robertson celebrates the minutiae of daily life by imagining the lives of others.(R)
23:00
The Night Tracks Mix—Music for the darkling hour
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
23:30
Unclassified—Loops in Time
Elizabeth Alker offers big sounds in new experimental and electronic music.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Poland Night
On Chopin's birthday, music from Warsaw with pianist Jakub Kuszlik.
