Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—The Heavenly Life
Bach and Mahler from the Musikdorf Ernen Festival with Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Start the day right with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Year from Hell
Donald Macleod journeys through Giovanni Gabrieli’s annus horribilis
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Natalie Clein and Friends (2/4)
Cellist Natalie Clein and friends perform music by Beethoven and Britten.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Claude Debussy's La Damoiselle élue
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra perform Debussy's cantata La Damoiselle élue.
16:00
Choral Evensong—Winchester College
From the Chapel of Winchester College.
17:00
In Tune—Discover classical music and artists
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—30 minutes of classical inspiration
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Clemens Schuldt conducts Beethoven
The BBC SO in Beethoven's Symphony No 7, Kodaly and Raymond Yiu's new Violin Concerto.
22:00
Free Thinking—Scottish Kingship
Medieval myth making, the kings of Scotland and the Stone of Destiny.
22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers 2023, Weird Viking Bodies
Marianne Hem Eriksen on the meaning of a skull bone carved with 'pain' thrown onto a tip.
23:00
Night Tracks—Music after dark
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Matz, Saint-Saëns and Bizet from Zagreb
Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, directed from the violin by Massimo Quarta.
