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1 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Marie Jaëll
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), jazz ensemble TBA 10-10.45pm Feature (rpt) 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
2 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Marie Jaëll
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 Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert
Hall, London. Programme includes: Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending.
Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Philharmonic/omer Meir Wellber 10-10.45pm Feature (rpt) 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
3 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Marie Jaëll
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-11pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Works by Bach and Handel. Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/jonathan Cohen 11pm-12.30am Proms 2020
A Prom from 2014. Laura Mvula Like the Morning Dew, Sing to the Moon, Flying Without
You, She, Can’t Live with the World, Is There Anybody Out There?, I Don’t Know What the Weather Will Be, Diamonds, Father, Father, Green Garden, That’s Alright, Make Me Lovely, Esperanza Spalding Cinnamon Tree, Nina Simone Seeline Woman, Steve Porcaro/
John Bettis Human Nature. Laura Mvula (singer), Electricvocals, Metropole Orchestra/jules Buckley
4 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Marie Jaëll
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Anoushka Shankar (sitar), Britten Sinfonia 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
5 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
6.30-7.30pm TBC
7.30-10pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert
Hall, London. BBC Singers 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
6 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private
Passions John Bird (founder of The Big Issue)
1-2pm Proms 2020 A Prom from 2011. Couperin Les nations – La Piemontaise, Lully Les amours déguisés – ‘Ah Rinaldo, e dove sei?’, Rameau Pièces de clavecin en concerts, Montéclair Cantata ‘Morte di Lucretia’. Eugénie Warnier, Les Talens Lyriques/christophe Rousset 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 7.30-9pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Works by Beethoven. Steven Hough (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/ Thomas Dausgaard
9-11pm Proms 2020
A Prom from 2017. Rachmaninov All-night Vigil (Vespers). Latvian Radio Choir/sigvards K¸lava
7 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Proms 2020
A Prom from 2018. Xenakis Rebonds B, Tetras,
Simon Holt Quadriga (world premiere), Suzanne Farrin Hypersea (world premiere). Colin Currie (percussion), JACK Quartet
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert Hall 10-10.45pm Feature (rpt) 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
8 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 Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Works by Adams, Higgins, Milhaud, Copland. Jess Gillam (saxophone),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ryan Bancroft 10-10.45pm Feature (rpt) 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
9 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
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 7.30-11pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert
Hall, London. Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/vasily Petrenko 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
10 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 Proms 2020
Aurora Orchestra
10-11pm TBC
11pm-12.30am Proms 2020 Prom from 2015. Bach Goldberg Variations. András Schiff (piano)
11 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 7.30-10pm Proms 2020 Prom from 1991. Cherubini Six pas redoubles de deux marches, Félicien-césar David Nonet
No. 2 in C minor, Beethoven Symphony No. 9. Jane Eaglen (soprano), Kathleen Kuhlmann (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble, Brighton Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir/klaus Tennstedt & Christopher Larkin 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
12 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
5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Proms 2020 live from the Royal Albert
Hall, London. Last Night of the Proms 2020. Works by Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven and Barber. Golda Schultz (soprano),
Nicola Benedetti (violin),
BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Dalia Stasevska
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
13 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Anthony David (professor at UCL Institute of Mental Health) 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 7.30-8.45pm Drama on 3 8.45-11pm Record
Review Extra
14 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Pachelbel
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 Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay Five Passengers on the Mayflower. Marking 400 years since the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in America, each Essay this week tells the story of one passenger who made the journey aboard the Mayflower 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
15 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Pachelbel
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 Five Passengers on the Mayflower 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
16 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Pachelbel
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 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Five Passengers on the Mayflower
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
17 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Pachelbel
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 Five Passengers on the Mayflower 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
18 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Pachelbel
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 Five Passengers on the Mayflower 11pm-1am Late Junction
19 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
5-10pm Proms 2020
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
20 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions 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 The Kershaw Tapes. Andy Kershaw unearths rare recordings from his personal archive, mostly from his journeys across the globe in the 1980s and 90s. This episode covers his travels around Africa 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 Beethoven can Hear You
9-11pm Record Review Extra
21 MONDAY
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 10-10.45pm Music Matters CHOICE 10.45-11pm The Essay
What does Beethoven mean? 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
22 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 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
What does Beethoven mean? 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
23 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
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 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
What does Beethoven mean? 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
24 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 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
What does Beethoven mean? 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
25 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 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
What does Beethoven mean? 11pm-1am Late Junction
26 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
5-6pm J to Z
6-7.30pm TBC
7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
27 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions 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 The Kershaw Tapes. The second in a two-part series exploring the rare recordings from Andy Kershaw’s personal archives. This episode focuses on his visit to Cajun country and his travels around Nashville 7.30-8.45pm Drama on 3 8.45-11pm Record
Review Extra
28 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Fauré
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 Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
29 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Fauré
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
30 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Fauré
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay