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1 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
CHOICE 9am-9pm
BBC NGA Day
A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme. Kate Molleson and Fiona Talkington host from Broadcasting House, with four live concerts from Wigmore Hall, listed below 11.30am-12.30pm BBC
New Generation Artists live from Wigmore Hall, London. Kaipainen String Quartet No. 6 ‘The Terror Run’, Franck Piano Quintet in F minor. Khatia
Buniatishvili (piano), Meta4 2-3pm BBC New Generation Artists live from Wigmore Hall, London. Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor, Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73, Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor. Elena Urioste (violin), Eivind Ringstad (viola), Andrei Ionit‚˘a (cello), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) 4.30-5.30pm BBC New Generation Artists live from Wigmore Hall, London. Robert Schumann Zigeunerleben Op. 29 No. 3, Lieder-album für die Jugend Op. 79, Spanisches
Liederspiel: Ich bin geliebt, Clara Schumann Der Wanderer in der Sägemühle, Franz Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Feslsen, Duparc L’invitation au voyage, La Fuite, Phidylé, Brahms 2 Songs with viola, Zigeunerlieder Op. 103: He, Zigeuner, greife, Kommt dir manchmal, Rote Abendwolken ziehn. Fatma Said (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Ashley Riches (baritone), Martin Fröst (clarinet), Eivind Ringstad (viola), Joseph Middleton (piano) 7.30-9pm BBC New Generation Artists live from Wigmore Hall, London. Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge, Britten String Quartet No. 3, Mozart Kegelstatt Trio, Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2. Allan Clayton (tenor), Martin Fröst (clarinet), Lawrence Power (viola), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Elias String Quartet
2 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions James Thornton (actor)
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music CHOICE 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature The Lonely Death of Stanley Bate. Simon Heffer tells the story of composer Stanley Bate, an enigma of English music 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3
The Escape Artist
9.30-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Sean
Shibe’s Guitar Zone (rpt)
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix
3 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Samuel Wesley:
The English Mozart
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Schubert Suleika I D720,
Suleika II D717, An mein Herz, Rachmaninov Lilacs Op. 21
No. 5, Beloved, let us fly
Op. 26 No. 5, How fair this spot Op. 21 No. 7, Vocalise, Richard Strauss 3 Lieder der Ophelia, Barber Nuvoletta, Schubert Im Abendrot, Lied des Florio,
Lied der Delphine. Katharina Konradi (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano)
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Jazzical Tales. Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite arr. Ellington/strayhorn, Ravel Piano Concerto, Prokofiev Cinderella Suite. Huw Watkins (piano),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/david Danzmayr 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm Between the Essays
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
4 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Samuel Wesley 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 Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Unsuk Chin
SPIRA – A Concerto for Orchestra (CBSO centenary commission, UK premiere), Beethoven Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 4. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/mirga Gra inyt˙e-tyla 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm Between the Essays 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
5 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Samuel Wesley
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Music Hall, Aberdeen.
Art and Politics. Barber
Adagio for Strings, Mahler Kindertotenlieder, Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. Claudia
Huckle (contralto), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/
Michael Sanderling
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm Between
the Essays 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
6 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Samuel Wesley 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 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Beethoven Overture and Incidental Music: The Creatures of Prometheus, Opferlied, Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’. Manchester Chamber Choir, Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), BBC Philharmonic/ben Gernon 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm Between the Essays
11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
7 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Samuel Wesley 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 Sage Gateshead. Schubert Overture: Rosamunde, Im Abendrot (arr. Reger), An Silvia (arr. Krawczyk), Nacht und Traüme (arr. Krawczyk), Ganymed (arr. Strauss),
Die Forelle (arr. Britten), Ständchen (arr. Mottl), Erlkönig (arr. Berlioz), Du bist die Ruh (arr. Webern), Symphony No. 4 ‘Tragic’. Ilker Arcayürek (tenor), Royal Northern Sinfonia/
Laurence Equilbey 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm Between the Essays
11pm-1am Late Junction
8 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema
4-5pm Music Planet
5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Berlioz La Damnation de Faust (concert performance). El¯ına Garanˇca (Marguerite), Michael Spyres (Faust),
Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès), Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/ Edward Gardner
10pm-12 midnight New
Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
9 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Ann Wroe (author/columnist) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature Shades of Black
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
9-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Sean
Shibe’s Guitar Zone (rpt)
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix
10 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Castello Sonate Seconda in stil moderno, Dowland Preludium, Flow my tears, Dieupart Suite No. 5 in F, Debussy Syrinx, Philidor Sonata in D minor, Marais Les Voix Humaines, Suite in D minor, Couplets de folies, Couperin
Le Rossignol en Amour, Eyck Lavolette, Ortiz Recercadas, Dalza Calate ala spagnola. Lucie Horsch (recorder), Thomas Dunford (lute)
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from City Halls, Glasgow. Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1, Schumann Symphony No. 2. Zlata Chochieva (piano), BBC Scottish So/karlheinz Steffens
10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay Strange Strolls 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
11 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
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. Mendelssohn Elijah. Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Claudia
Huckle (contralto), Allan
Clayton (tenor), Johan Reuter (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/sakari Oramo 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Strange Strolls
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
12 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Mozart Symphony
No. 39, Symphony No. 40, Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/iván Fischer 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Strange Strolls
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
13 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
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 the Barbican, London. Berg Violin Concerto, Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives. Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol
Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass), Simon Halsey (chorus director), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/simon Rattle 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Strange Strolls 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
14 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
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 Royal Festival Hall, London. 2001: New Century, New Sounds. Beethoven Symphony No. 1, Péter Eötvös Snatches of a Conversation, Scriabin Symphony No. 2.
Marco Blaauw (trumpet),
Omar Ebrahim (baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vladimir Jurowski
10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Strange Strolls
11pm-1am Late Junction
15 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Music Planet 5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Massanet Manon. Lisette Oropesa (Manon), Michael Fabiano (Chevalier des Grieux), Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine), Artur Ruci´nski (Lescaut), Brett Polegato
(De Brétigny), Kwangchul
Youn (Comte des Grieux), Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/maurizio Benini 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
16 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Jonathan Aitken (former MP) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature An Arabic Classical Tradition 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 The Likes of Us (Leslie Thomas) 9-11.30pm Radio 3 in Concert 11.30pm-12 midnight Slow Radio Seals and Selkie Folk 12 midnight-12.30am Classical Fix
17 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Monteverdi
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Dvoˇrák 4 Romantic Pieces for violin and piano Op. 75
(arr. Daniel Müller-schott), Webern 3 Kleine Stücke Op. 11, Franck Sonata in A (arr. Jules Delsart for cello and piano). Daniel Müller-schott (cello), Annika Treutler (piano)
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Passion of Youth. Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Walton Symphony No. 1. Esther Yoo (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/carlos Miguel Prieto 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Top of the Bill
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
18 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Monteverdi
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 Perth Concert Hall. Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat, Enescu Octet for Strings. Scottish Ensemble/marianne Thorsen (violin)
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Top of the Bill
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
19 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Monteverdi
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong 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. Grand Tourists. Haydn Symphony
No. 102, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1, Robert Schumann Concert Allegro with Introduction, Schubert Symphony No. 5. Jeremy
Denk (piano), Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra/
Kirill Karabits
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Top of the Bill 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
20 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Monteverdi
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 Hoddinott Hall,
Cardiff. Conflict & Triumph. Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto, Sibelius Symphony No. 2. Alban Gerhardt (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/anu Tali
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Top of the Bill
11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified with
Elizabeth Alker
21 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Monteverdi
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 Royal
Festival Hall, London.
Borodin Overture: Prince Igor, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2, Prokofiev Symphony
No. 5. Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Philharmonia/ Santtu-matias Rouvali 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Top of the Bill
11pm-1am Late Junction
22 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema
4-5pm Music Planet
5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-9.50pm Opera on 3 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro. Anita Hartig (Countess Almaviva), Hanna-elisabeth Müller (Susanna), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), Maryann Mccormick (Marcellina), Etienne
Dupuis (Count Almaviva), Adam Plachetka (Figaro), Maurizio Muraro (Dr Bartolo), Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/ Cornelius Meister
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
23 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Chibundu Onuzo (author)
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature 7.30-9.15pm Drama on 3
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) 9.15-11.30pm Radio 3 in Concert
11.30pm-12 midnight
Slow Radio From Dadar to the Stars (Mumbai)
24 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall,
London. Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat,
Bartók String Quartet No. 1.
Meta4 (string quartet)
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from City Halls, Glasgow. Elena Langer Figaro Gets a Divorce
(UK premiere), Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, Dohnányi Symphony No. 1. Karen Gomyo (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/gergely Madaras 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Art of Apology 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
25 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
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. Beethoven 250. Beethoven Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, Leonore Prohaska: Trauermarsch, Symphony No. 7. Miah Persson (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo), Anthony Gregory (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Manchester Chamber Choir/ Mark Wigglesworth
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Art of Apology 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
26 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Britten Studio, Snape Maltings. BBC Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend: New Generation Artists in
Concert. Works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Debussy. Aleksey Semenenko (violin), Eivind Ringstad (viola), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Elisabeth Brauss (piano) 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Art of Apology 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
27 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
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 City Halls, Glasgow. Dutilleux Correspondances, Bruckner Symphony No. 8
(1890 version, ed. Nowak). Carolyn Sampson (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/donald Runnicles 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Art of Apology
11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
28 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape CHOICE 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. John Adams The Chairman Dances, Julia Wolfe Flower Power (UK premiere), Steve Martland Horses of Instruction, Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3. Bang on a Can All-stars, BBC Concert Orchestra/bramwell Tovey 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Art of Apology 11pm-1am Late Junction
29 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Gaming 4-5pm Music Planet 5-9.50pm Opera on 3 9.50-10pm Between the Ears 10pm-12am New Music Show 12-1am Freeness