Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Alexandre Tharaud plays Bach, Ravel and Dukas
The French pianist performs original and transcribed music by Bach, Ravel and Dukas.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Start the day on the right note with classical music
Join Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:30
Radio 3's American Roadtrip—Live from Boston
Georgia Mann meets Yo-Yo Ma on the first leg of Radio 3's American Road Trip.
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Afternoon
13:00
Classical Live—Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto
Specially recorded music from BBC performing groups, the EBU and more.
16:00
Composer of the Week—Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Friends and Foes
4/5Copland makes allies and enemies. With Donald Macleod.
17:00
In Tune—Max Richter, Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe
Max Richter on his score for Hamnet, and Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe perform live.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—American Roadtrip
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Friday Night is Music Night—American Celebration
Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in Saffron Hall in Gershwin and Copland.
21:45
The Essay—Instrumental, James Mollison, tenor saxophone
Alan Hall talks with musicians about their relationship to their chosen instrument.
22:00
Late Junction—Back to the spinning wheel
Jennifer Lucy Allan selects songs to soothe and energise the new year return to normality
23:30
'Round Midnight—ESKA live in session
Soweto presents live music from seminal UK vocalist ESKA, recorded at the Barbican.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Wagner, Brahms and Mozart from Warsaw
Mikhail Mering conducts the Polish Radio Orchestra in orchestral classics.
