Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Clara-Jumi Kang plays Tchaikovsky
Pietari Inkinen conducts the German RPO in a programme of orchestral favourites.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Start the day with classical music
Join Emma Clarke every Saturday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:00
Saturday Morning—Classical guitarist Sean Shibe plays live
Tom Service is joined by Sean Shibe and conductor Sakari Oramo
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Afternoon
12:00
Earlier... with Jools Holland—Jools's musical selection for a Saturday lunchtime
Jools is joined by musician and composer Meg Ella, with music from Elgar to Fats Waller.
13:00
Music Matters—Music on the Front Line, Steve Rosenberg
Clive Myrie talks with Steve about music he’s heard whilst reporting from conflict zones
14:00
Record Review—Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta with Andrew McGregor and Kate Molleson
Building a Library on Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
16:00
Sound of Cinema—Unusual Instruments
Matthew Sweet looks at unusual instruments used in film scores.
17:00
This Classical Life—Jess Gillam with... Will Gregory
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.(R)
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande
Debussy's masterpiece in a production starring Sabine Devieilhe and Christian Gerhaher
21:30
Music Planet—Charif Megarbane’s Return Journey
Kathryn Tickell handpicks roots-based music, and Charif Megarbane shares two tracks.
22:30
New Music Show—A musical feast from Poland and Northern Ireland
Hard Rain Ensemble in Belfast
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Mahler's Fifth Symphony from Berlin
Ádám Fischer and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra play Haydn and Mahler.
