Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri
La Cetra Baroque Choir and Orchestra Basel perform Buxtehude's cantata cycle.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Start the day right with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Classical coffee break
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), A Russia of the Mind
2/5 Kate Molleson explores the years of Stravinsky’s exile from Russia during WW1.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Leeds International Concert Season (1/4)
Chamber music from the Leeds International Concert Season.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Bartok's Concerto for orchestra
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra plays Bartok's final masterpiece.
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17:00
In Tune—Live music and news from the world of classical
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Your daily classical soundtrack
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Brahms Symphony No 2
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ NOW and Jaime MartΓn perform the romantic masterpiece alongside a world premiere.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Secrets, lies and Irish History
Clair Wills, Martin Doyle, Scott McKendry and Louise Brangan discuss secrets and conflict.
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22:45
The Essay—A Circumnavigation of the British Isles in Five Traditional Boats, The Curach
The poet Keith Payne on the curach, the ancient, but still used, Irish skin boat.
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23:00
Night Tracks—Night music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Best of British
The Zurich Chamber Orchestra perform a programme of Vaughan Williams, Britten and Tippett.
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