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1 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Astor Piazzolla 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale Op. 52, Robin Holloway Trumpet Concerto, Silvestrov Symphony No. 5. Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), BBC Philharmonic/ John Storgårds 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet World Mix
2 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12.15pm Record Review – Building a Library 12.15-1pm Music Matters 1-3pm Inside Music Allan Clayton (tenor) 3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z 6.30-9.30pm Opera on 3 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Donizetti La fille du régiment. Pretty Yende (Marie), Stephanie Blythe (Marquise of Berkenfield), Kathleen Turner (Duchess of Krakenthorp), Javier Camarena (Tonio), Maurizio Muraro (Sulpice), The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/ Enrique Mazzola 9.30-10pm Between the Ears Container Ship Karaoke 10pm-12 midnight Hear and Now 12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
3 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Rachel Parris (comedian) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature The English Eerie 7.30-8.45pm Drama on 3 Love Thy Synth 8.45-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late 11pm-12 midnight Roderick Williams: Three Years with Schubert 12midnight-1am Classical Fix
4 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Debbie Wiseman 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. JS Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. Haydn Piano Sonata in D, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, Fantasie on Themes from Mozart’s Figaro und Don Giovanni. Mariam Batsashvili (piano) 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Haydn The Seasons. Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Andrew Foster-williams (bass-baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir/vladimir Jurowski 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay Forgotten Feminist Utopias 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
5 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Debbie Wiseman 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Barbican, London. Ligeti Atmosphères, Violin Concerto, Clocks and Clouds, Piano Concerto, San Francisco Polyphony. Augustin Hadelich (violin), Nicholas Hodges (piano), BBC Singers, BBC So/sakari Oramo 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
6 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Debbie Wiseman 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live fom the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge on Ash Wednesday 4.30-5pm New Generation Artists 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Mozart Symphony No. 31 ‘Paris’, John Casken Trombone Concerto ‘Madonna of Silence’ (world premiere), Prokofiev Symphony No. 5. Katy Jones (trombone), Hallé Orchestra/jamie Phillips 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
7 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Debbie Wiseman 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
8 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics CHOICE 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Debbie Wiseman CHOICE 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London. A celebration of song. All-female sound, production and technical crew 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape CHOICE 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Clara Schumann Piano Concerto, Augusta Holmès Roland Furieux, Joan Tower Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, Florence Price Symphony No. 3. Mariam Batsashvili (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Valentina Peleggi 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Music Planet Women composers from all genres
9 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12.15pm Record Review – Building a Library 12.15-1pm Music Matters 1-3pm Inside Music Claire Booth (soprano) 3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z 6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the National Opera House, Wexford. Wiliam Bolcom Dinner at Eight (European premiere). Mary Dunleavy (Millicent Jordon), Stephen Powell (Oliver Jordon), Gemma Summerfield (Paula Jordon), Brenda Harris (Carlotta Vance), Craig Irvin (Dan Packard), Susannah Biller (Kitty Packard), Wexford Festival Opera/david Agler 10pm-12 midnight Hear and Now 12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
10 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Mary Robinson (former president of Ireland) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature Jazz Japan 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 Lorenzaccio (Alfred de Musset) 9-11pm Radio 3 in Concert
11 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Berlioz 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Hans Keller’s 100th Birthday. On what would have been musician and writer Hans Keller’s 100th birthday, the Belcea Quartet performs Britten’s last quartet, which was dedicated to him. Haydn String Quartet in D minor ‘Fifths’, Britten String Quartet No. 3. Belcea Quartet 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Barbican, London. Haitink at 90: Birthday Concert. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22, Bruckner Symphony No. 4. Till Fellner (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/ Bernard Haitink 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
12 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Berlioz 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Riverfront, Newport. CPE Bach Symphony No. 1, Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1, Ives The Unanswered Question, Beethoven Symphony No. 1. Sheku Kanneh-mason (cello), Sinfonia Cymru/ Jonathan Bloxham 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
13 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Berlioz 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge 4.30-5pm New Generation Artists 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Berlioz The Damnation of Faust. David Butt Philip (Faust), Rinat Shaham (Marguerite), David Soar (Brander), Laurent Naouri (Méphistophélès), Hallé Choir & Children’s Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Hallé Orchestra/mark Elder 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
14 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Berlioz 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Glasgow City Halls, Glasgow. Debussy Images, Falla Suite: The Three-cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Ravel Alborada del gracioso, Rapsodie espagnole. Javier Perianes (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/ Thomas Dausgaard 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
15 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Berlioz 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet World Mix
16 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12.15pm Record Review – Building a Library 12.15-1pm Music Matters 1-3pm Inside Music Paul Lewis (pianist) (rpt) 3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z 6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Vienna State Opera. Berlioz Les Troyens. Brandon Jovanovich (Enée), Adam Plachetka (Chorèbe), Peter Kellner (Panthée), Jongmin Park (Narbal), Paolo Fanale (Iopas), Rachel Frenkel (Ascagne), Monika Bohinec (Cassandre), Joyce Didonato (Didon), Szilvia Vörös (Anna), The Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera/alain Altinoglu 10pm-12 midnight Hear and Now 12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
17 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Mark Morris (choreographer) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature Russia’s New Radicals 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 Taking Leave by Winsome Pinnock 9-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late CHOICE 11pm-12 midnight Mahan Does Bach 12 midnight-1am Classical Fix
18 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Heinrich Biber 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. JS Bach Partita No. 5 in G, Schubert Four Impromptus. Jeremy Denk (piano) 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Barbican, London. Bach Selection of arrangements and improvisations, Mehldau Piano Concerto. Brad Mehldau (piano), Britten Sinfonia/clark Rundell 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay The Mabinogion 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
19 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Heinrich Biber 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham. Gershwin Piano Concerto, Clyne This Midnight Hour, Elgar Enigma Variations, Prokofiev March in B-flat. Joanna Macgregor (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/elim Chan 10.45-11pm The Essay The Mabinogion 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
20 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Heinrich Biber 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live from Westminster Abbey, London 4.30-5pm New Generation Artists 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from the Lighthouse, Poole. Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Tippett A Child of our Time. Lauren Fagan (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo), Samuel Sakker (tenor), Simon Shibambu (bass), Bournemouth S0/david Hill 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay The Mabinogion 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
21 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Heinrich Biber 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay The Mabinogion 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
22 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Heinrich Biber 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay The Mabinogion 11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet World Mix
23 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12.15pm Record Review – Building a Library 12.15-1pm Music Matters 1-3pm Inside Music Gareth Davies (flautist) (rpt) 3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J toZ 6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Saint-saëns Samson et Dalila. Anita Rachvelishvili (Dalila), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Samson), Laurent Naouri (High Priest), Tomasz Konieczny (Abimélech), Günther Groissböck (The Old Hebrew), The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/mark Elder 10.30pm-12 midnight Hear and Now 12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
24 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Philippe Sands (lawyer) (rpt) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature Harmony of the Spheres 7.30-8.45pm Drama on 3 The Mabinogion 8.45-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late CHOICE 11pm-12 midnight Mahan Does Bach 12 midnight-1am Classical Fix
25 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Sibelius 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Respighi Quartetto dorico, Berg Lyric Suite. Novus String Quartet 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
26 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Sibelius 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Stravinsky Orpheus, Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto, Martin˚u Symphony No. 4. Andrei Ionit‚˘a (cello), BBC Philharmonic/john Storgårds 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
27 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Sibelius 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live from Salisbury Cathedral 4.30-5pm New Generation Artists 5-6.15pm Words and Music 6.15-7.30pm New Generation Artists 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Walton Symphony No. 1. George Li (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/vasily Petrenko 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
28 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Sibelius 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune 77.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5. Thibaut Garcia (guitar), BBC Now/kensho Watanabe 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
29 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Sibelius 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune live from Northern Rock Foundation Hall. Free Thinking Festival. 7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape CHOICE 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Sage Gateshead. Free Thinking Festival. Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3, Bruckner Symphony No. 6. Royal Northern Sinfonia/ Thomas Zehetmair (violin) 10-11pm Free Thinking Lecture 11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet World Mix
30 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12.15pm Record Review – Building a Library 12.15-1pm Music Matters 1-3pm Inside Music live from the Free Thinking Festival. Katy Woolley (horn player) 3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z 6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from Leeds Grand Theatre. Mozart The Magic Flute. Vuvu Mpofu (Pamina), Kang Wang (Tamino), Samantha Hay (Queen of the Night), John Savournin (Sarastro), Gavin Ring (Papageno), Amy Freston (Papagena), Orchestra of Opera North/robert Howarth 10pm-12 midnight BBC Music Magazine Podcast In this month’s episode, we discuss the exciting plans for the Centre for Music in London (above), BIS Records’s new drive to remove plastic from all their packaging and the two new major UK conductor appointments. Plus, each of us brings along a newly discovered recording to chat about. Listen on our website or on Apple Podcasts. Hear and Now 12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
31 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 no own-1pm Private Passions Uta Frith (psychologist) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature The Deluxe Edition 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 9-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late CHOICE 11pm-12 midnight Mahan Does Bach