Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Piano trios from Wigmore Hall
Three of Scandinavia's foremost musicians perform piano trios by Korngold and Ravel.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues
Join Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:30
Essential Classics—The best classical morning music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
13:00
Classical Live—Charles Ives Symphony No. 2
Music by Ives, Sondheim, Gershwin and MacDowell.
15:00
Choral Evensong—St Lawrence Church, York
From St Lawrence Church, York, with the Ebor Singers.
16:00
Composer of the Week—Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), Travelling Virtuoso
2/5Donald Macleod follows Gottschalk as he returns to America to try and make his name
17:00
In Tune—Live music by Astatine Trio & Duncan Honeybourne
BBC New Generation Artists the Astatine Trio and pianist Duncan Honeybourne perform live.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Radio 3's American Roadtrip: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Augustin Hadelich and The Philadelphia Orchestra in Barber's Violin Concerto.
21:45
The Essay—Five Kinds of Amadeus, The Genius
Geoffrey Colman discovers Dame Jane Glover's reactions to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.(R)
22:00
Night Tracks—Immersive music for moonlight
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30
'Round Midnight—New from Alice Russell and Amanda Whiting
Fergus shares a track from a new collaboration between the soul singer and jazz harpist.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Mozart's Last Symphonies
The WDR Symphony Orchestra under Ádám Fischer play Mozart.











