Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Bach from Stockholm
Swedish Radio Choir & Fredrik Malmberg perform Bach's Cantata BWV140 and Mass in G BWV236.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Start the day with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
09:30
Essential Classics—Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
13:00
Classical Live—Highlights from the recent Hay-on-Wye Festival plus piano music by Imogen Holst, Mozart and Knussen
Specially recorded music of great perforrmances from the UK and beyond.
16:00
Composer of the Week—Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), ‘The Best Finger of that Age’ 1617-1620
4/5Donald Macleod looks at the last - eventful - decade of Gibbons’s short life.
17:00
In Tune—Experience classical music live in session
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—The eclectic classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein
Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW with works by Jennifer Higdon and William L Dawson.
21:45
The Essay—Bohemians in T-Shirts, Musicians
Michael Goldfarb, in his study of US bohemians, turns to Charlie Parker and Miles Davis.(R)
22:00
Night Tracks—Reflective music for the day’s end
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30
'Round Midnight—New music from Scotland's Trio HLK
Brand new UK jazz with Soweto Kinch, alongside gems from around the world.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Khachaturian, Rachmaninov and Mussorgsky
A concert by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.
