Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Bruch & Bruckner
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra with violinist Sergei Krylov, in concert in Monaco
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast
Emma Clarke sets up your Saturday morning.
09:00
Saturday Morning—Tom Service talks to The King's Singers
The King's Singers drop into the Saturday Morning studio.
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Afternoon
12:00
Earlier... with Jools Holland—The pianist and bandleader picks his favourite classical music
Jools is joined by singer Daphne Guinness with music by Handel, Strauss and Boulanger.
13:00
Music Matters—Music on the Front Line, Lynsey Addario
Clive Myrie is in conversation with award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario.
14:00
Record Review—Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore & Andrew McGregor
Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4
16:00
Sound of Cinema—Westerns
Matthew Sweet saddles up to explore the most iconic soundtracks of the Wild West.
17:00
This Classical Life—Jess Gillam with... Aigul Akhmetshina
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
The opening production from the 2024 Bayreuth Festival in Germany.
22:30
New Music Show—Philipp Maintz's The disintegration of an illusion into coloured shards
Orchestral premieres from Germany and Switzerland, and chamber music and song from London.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Works by Brahms and the Schumanns
Pianist Diana Ketler and friends at Switzerland's Boswil Summer Festival 'Dreigestirn'.
