JANUARY’S RADIO 3 LISTINGS
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1 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the 2020 BBC Proms. Gabrieli Sacrae symphoniae – Canzon septimi et octavi toni a 12, Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 ‘Moonlight’, Kurtág … quasi una fantasia…, Thomas Adès Dawn (world premiere),
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5. Mitsuko Uchida
(piano), Lso/simon Rattle 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction 2 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 Opera on 3
CHOICE 10pm-12am New Music Show
New Year New Music
12 midnight-1am Freeness 3 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions David ‘Kid’ Jensen (radio DJ and TV presenter)
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 Between the Ears The Flight of the Monarch 7.30-9pm Drama on 3
I Told You I Was Ill
9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series 4 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12 noon-1pm Composer of the
Week Florence Price
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Gut Pronstorf, Germany. Gade Octet, Nielsen Little
Suite for string orchestra, Mendelssohn Octet. Concerto Copenhagen/lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Frozen River
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
5 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 4 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Teatro Monumental, Madrid. Bizet Symphony in C, Berlioz Te Deum. François
Piolino (tenor), RTVE Madrid Orchestra/kazuki Yamada 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Frozen River
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
6 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-2pm See Mon 4 Jan 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong from Ely Cathedral for the
Feast of the Epiphany. Warlock Bethlehem Down, Mendelssohn Christus (When Jesus, Our
Lord), Merkel Organ Sonata
No. 6: Allegro risoluto, Vaughan Williams From the Eastern Mountains. Ely Cathedral Choir/edmund Aldhouse 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Musikverein, Vienna. Mahler arr. Stein Symphony
No. 4, Zemlinsky arr. Pickard
6 Songs after Poems by Maeterlinck. Piotr Becza¯a (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/semyon Bychkov 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Frozen River
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
7 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 4 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in
Concert from Besední du˚m, Czech Republic. Uccellini Aria quinta: Sopra la Bergamasca, Monteverdi Il Combattimento di Tancredi a Clorinda, ‘Disprezzata Regina’ and ‘Addio Roma, addio Patrio, addio amici’ from L’incoronazione di Poppea, Merula Sonata No. 24, Ballo detto Pollicio, Castello Sonata Concertate No. 15, Monteverdi arr. Ivanovic Arianna has a Problem, Berio Sequenza III, Marini Passacaglia. Magdalena Ko ená (mezzo), La Cetra Barockorchester/andrea Marcon 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Frozen River
11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
8 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 4 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from De Doelen, Rotterdam. Brahms Piano Concerto
No. 1. Emanuel Ax (piano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/lahav Shani 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Frozen River
11pm-1am Late Junction 9 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 Opera on 3
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
10 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Roger Allam (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 6.45-7.30pm Sunday
Feature Robots R Us
7.30-9pm Drama on 3 Peking Noir (Nick Perry/paul French) 9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series 11 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beach
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Mozarteum Grand Hall, Salzburg. Mozart Symphony
No. 14, Regina coeli, Symphony No. 28, Rondo in E flat, Adagio from Clarinet Concerto, Andante in C, Bassoon Concerto. Michaela Aigner (organ), Claire Elizabeth Craig (soprano), Ben Goldscheider (horn), Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet), Lisa
Friend (flute), Riccardo Terzo (bassoon), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg/kristiina Poska 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Mug Shots
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
12 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beach
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in
Concert BBC Philharmonic 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Mug Shots
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 13 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beach
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford. Bach In dir ist Freude, Elgar Ecce sacerdos magnus, Hassler Tribus miraculis, Bach Prelude and Fugue in A BWV 536. Simon Horgan (organ), Choir of
Merton College, Oxford/ Benjamin Nicholas
4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Maida Vale, London. Northern Chords Festival 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Mug Shots
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
14 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Tue 12 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Kings Place, London. Mozart Piano Concerto
No. 23 (arranged for chamber ensemble), Sylvia Lim new work (world premiere), Shostakovich Piano Quintet. Steven Osborne (piano), Aurora Orchestra 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Mug Shots 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
15 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Tue 12 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Music for the Consecration of Puebla Cathedral in 1649. Padilla Deus in adiutorium meum intende, Mirabilia testimonia tua, Franco Lumen ad revelationem, Padilla Salve regina, Franco Salve regina, A Litany – with three attendant motets, recently discovered in Puebla Cathedral Library (world premiere), Anon Litany, Sub tuum praesidium, Victoria Nigra sum, Vidi speciosam.
BBC Singers/peter Phillips 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Mug Shots
11pm-1am Late Junction 16 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 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
17 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Nadifa Mohamed (novelist) 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 Lineage: The Apple and The Tree 7.30-9pm Drama on 3
9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series 18 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Grieg
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape CHOICE 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Haydn Symphony No.
104, Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht. Roderick Williams (baritone),
BBC Philharmonic/
Mark Wigglesworth
10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Five Faces of William Boyd 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 19 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 18 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Stoller Hall, Manchester. Dobrinka Tabakova Dawn, Michael Nyman Where the Bee Dances, Copland Appalachian Spring. Jess Gillam (saxophone),
Manchester Camerata 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Five Faces of William Boyd 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 20 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-2pm See Mon 18 Jan 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 live from Stoller
Hall, Manchester. Górecki
String Quartet No. 3, Freya Waley-cohen new work. Manchester Collective 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Five Faces of William Boyd 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 21 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 18 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Bacewicz Overture, Glazunov Violin Concerto, Shostakovich Symphony No. 1. Callum Smart (violin), Hallé Orchestra/delyana Lazarova 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Five Faces of William Boyd 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
22 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 18 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Beethoven Leonore Overture
No. 1, Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Webern Symphony Op. 21, Haydn Symphony No. 101
‘The Clock’. BBC Philharmonic/ Mark Wigglesworth
10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Five Faces of William Boyd 11pm-1am Late Junction 23 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 Opera on 3 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
24 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Jamie Parker (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 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature Margaret Shaw
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
Five Faces of William Boyd 9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series 25 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Joseph Kraus
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from L’auditori, Barcelona. Mozart Symphony No. 25, Rossini Stabat Mater. Marta Mathéu (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo),
Enea Scala (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass), Cor Madrigal, Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra/ Rinaldo Alessandrini 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Essex Stories
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
26 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 25 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from Temple Church,
London. Stanford
A Song of Wisdom, Ridout Sacred Songs for Treble Voices, Harris Flourish for an Occasion, Handel O, Lovely Peace, Bach
Ich folge dir Gleichfalls, Toccata in F, Poulenc Litanies à la
Vierge Noire, Messiaen ‘Dieu parmi nous’ from La Nativité du Seigneur, Britten Ceremony of Carols. Temple Church Choir/roger Sayer
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Essex Stories
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 27 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-2pm See Mon 25 Jan 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live from St Paul’s Cathedral 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in
Concert live from Cadogan
Hall, London. Mozart Symphony in F, Mysliveˇcek Aria from Adamo ed Eva, Boccherini Minuet from String Quintet in E, Salieri Aria from Armida, Haydn Symphony No. 44 ‘Trauer’. Kitty Whately (mezzo), The Mozartists 10pm-12.30am See Tue 26 Jan 28 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 25 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Stravinsky A Soldier’s Tale.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/mark Wigglesworth 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Essex Stories
11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
29 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-7.30pm See Mon 25 Jan 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Kings Place, London.
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), English Concert/harry Bicket 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Essex Stories
11pm-1am Late Junction 30 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 See Saturday 23 Jan 31 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private
Passions Rachel Clarke (physician and 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 Between the Ears That Sinking Feeling
7.30-9pm Drama on 3 The Brummie Illiad (Roderick Smith) 9-11pm Record Review Extra