June Radio 3 and television highlights
Your complete guide to what’s on Radio 3 this month, plus TV highlights
1 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical
Life Stephanie Childress (conductor/violinist)
1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema
4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Royal Opera House. Britten Billy Budd. Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Captain Edward Fairfax Vere), Brindley Sherratt (John Claggart),
David Soar (Mr Flint), Thomas Oliemans (Mr Redburn), Peter Kellner (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Alan Ewing (Bosun), Duncan Rock (Donald), Konu Kim (Maintop), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/ivor Bolton
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am
Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
2 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 Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday
Feature Literary Pursuits:
Lord of the Flies
7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3
The School for Scandal
(Richard Brinsley Sheridan) 9.30-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix
3 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week England’s Golden
Age featuring composers including Tomkins, Gibbons,
Bull and Morley
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Stravinsky Suite italienne for violin and piano (arr. Samuel Dushkin). Ilya Gringolts (violin), Peter Laul (piano)
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. Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Mark-anthony Turnage Percussion Concerto, Shostakovich Symphony No. 10. Colin Currie (percussion), BBC Scottish So/martyn Brabbins 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Odd Woman
11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
4 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week England’s Golden Age 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. John Adams
The Chairman Dances, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Petrushka (1947).
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra/ Santtu-matias Rouvali 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Odd Woman 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
5 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week England’s Golden Age 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong from Portsmouth Cathedral, marking the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings
4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from St John’s Smith Square, London. L’europa Musicale: From the Renaissance to Baroque. Ortiz La Spagna – Folia IV – Passamezzo antico I, Passamezzo moderno
III – Ruggiero IX, Romanesca
VII – Passamezzo moderno
II, Sanz Jàcaras & Canarios, Dowland Lacrime Pavan & The Earl of Essex Galliard, Hume Souldiers March – Harke, harke – A Souldiers Resolution, Anon Greensleeves to a Ground, Improvisations and Canarios, Improvisations Gallarda Napolitana, Froberger Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinando
IV, Abel Prelude (arpeggiata), Bach Allemande BWV1011, de Visée Pasacaille, Marais
Les Voix Humaines – Couplets des Folies d’espagne. Xavier Díaz-latorre (vihuela, theorbo), Andrew Lawrence-king (harp), Hespèrion Xxi/jordi Savall (treble viol, bass viol) 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Odd Woman 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
6 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week England’s Golden Age 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 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, Mahler Symphony No. 1. Martin James Bartlett (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/mark Wigglesworth 10-10.45pm Free Thinking
10.45-11pm The Essay
The Odd Woman 11pm-12am Late Junction 12-12.30am Slow Radio
7 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week England’s Golden Age 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 King George’s Hall, Blackburn. Ravel Mother Goose (complete ballet), Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1, Dvoˇrák Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’. Ye-eun Choi (violin), BBC Philharmonic/rory Macdonald 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Odd Woman
11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet World Mix
8 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life Martynas Levickis (accordionist) 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema
4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Teatro Real, Madrid. Cavalli La Calisto. Louise Alder (Calisto), Tim Mead (Endymion), Karina Gauvin (L'eternità), Rachel Kelly (Diana), Borja
Quiza (Mercurio), Xavier Sabata (Il Destino), Musicians of the Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble, Seville Baroque Orchestra/
Ivor Bolton
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
9 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 Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature Cristiani and her Cello 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3 Pericles, Price of Tyre
9.30-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix
10 MONDAY
Young Artist Week Each day, a young musician will take over Radio 3, introducing listeners to the recordings they love and their perspective on the world of music
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Lili Boulanger
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. JS Bach Prelude from Partita in C minor, Scarlatti Sonata in C Kk132, F Kk6, F minor Kk185, D Kk119, D minor Kk213 ‘The Lover’, A minor Kk175, A Kk208, Brahms Chaconne by JS Bach for piano left hand (arrangement of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV 1004). Jean
Rondeau (harpsichord)
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Youth orchestra TBC 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay Music Monologues 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
11 TUESDAY
Young Artist Week
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Lili Boulanger
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert
New Generation Artists
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Youth orchestra TBC 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Music Monologues 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
12 WEDNESDAY
Young Artist Week
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Lili Boulanger
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert New Generation Artists 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral
Vespers live from Brompton Oratory, London
4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Youth orchestra TBC 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Music Monologues 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
13 THURSDAY
Young Artist Week 6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Lili Boulanger
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert New Generation Artists
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Youth orchestra TBC 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Music Monologues 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
14 FRIDAY
Young Artist Week 6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Lili Boulanger
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert New Generation Artists
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert Youth orchestra TBC 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Music Monologues 11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet World Mix
15 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life Jonathon Heyward (conductor) 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from Venue Cymru, Llandudno. Verdi Un ballo in maschera. Gwyn Hughes Jones (Riccardo), Mary Elizabeth Williams (Amelia), Roland Wood (Renato), Julie Martin du Theil (Oscar), Sara Fulgoni (Ulrica), Gareth Dafydd Morris (Judge), Jason Howard (Silvano),
Andrew Irwin (Amelia’s Servant), Jihoon Kim (Samuel), Tristan Hambleton (Tom),
Welsh National Opera Orchestra/carlo Rizzi
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am
Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
16 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 Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Between the Ears The Virtually Melodic Cave 7.30-9pm Drama on 3
The Phlebotomist (Ella Road) 9-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-1am Classical Fix
17 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Offenbach 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall,
London. JS Bach Cello Suite
No. 1 in G, Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, Dutilleux 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher. Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from the Philharmonic Hall, Salford. Mozart Masterworks. Mozart Kyrie in D minor, Symphony No. 39, Duruflé Requiem. Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/andrew Davis 10-10.45pm Music
Matters (rpt)
10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Jazz Now
18 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Offenbach
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 from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Mozart
Idomeneo – Overture, Ilia’s three arias and March, Mark Simpson Clarinet Concerto (world premiere), Mahler Symphony No. 4. Mark Simpson (clarinet), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/ben Gernon 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
19 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Offenbach
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong A recording from the archives 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. An Heroic
Journey. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Strauss Ein Heldenleben. Denis Kozhukhin (piano),
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
20 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Offenbach 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 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Song Prize Final
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Late Junction
21 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Offenbach
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 A 2007 performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Renée Fleming (Tatiana), Sergei Aleksashkin (Gremin), Ramón Vargas (Lensky), Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/ Valery Gergiev
10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet
World Mix
22 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-11.45am Record Review 11.45am-12.30pm
Music Matters
12.30-1pm This Classical Life Héloïse Werner (soprano) 1-3pm Inside Music
3-4pm Sound of Cinema 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z
CHOICE 6.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from St David’s Hall, Cardiff. BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Main Prize Final
10.30pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am
Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
23 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 Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Between the Ears Madame Bertaux
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
Invisible (Tena tiviˇci´c)
9-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-1am Classical Fix
24 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39, Wolf Die Nacht, Pfitzner Nachts Op. 26 No. 2, In Danzig Op. 22 No. 1, Das Alter Op. 41 No. 3, Der Weckruf Op. 40 No. 6. Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
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 Arthur Cravan is Still Alive
11pm-12.30am Late Junction
25 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
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 from Snape Maltings. Aldeburgh Festival. Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, Britten Our Hunting Fathers, Larcher Red and Green, Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919 version). Sarah Tynan (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/karina Canellakis 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm Arthur Cravan is Still Alive
11pm-12.30am Late Junction
26 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong A recording from the archives 4.30-5pm New
Generation Artists
5-6.15pm Words and Music 6.15-7.30pm New
Generation Artists
CHOICE 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Snape Maltings. Aldeburgh Festival. Britten Hymn to St Cecilia, Handel Dixit Dominus, Ode to St Cecilia’s Day. Vox Luminis/lionel Meunier 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm Arthur Cravan is Still Alive
11pm-12.30am Late Junction
27 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
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 Arthur Cravan is Still Alive
11pm-12.30am Late Junction
28 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
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 St Jude-on-the-hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Franck Violin Sonata in A,
Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Fauré, Debussy.
Jack Liebeck (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm Arthur Cravan is Still Alive
11pm-12.30am Music Planet 12.30-1am Music Planet
World Mix
29 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-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 Jazz Record Requests 5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 10pm-12 midnight New
Music Show
12 midnight-1am Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz 30 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 Choir and Organ 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature 7.30-8.50pm Drama on 3 8.50-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-11pm Early Music Late 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified 12 midnight-1am Classical Fix