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1 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Bruckner
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. Schumann Manfred Overture, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No. 7. Augustin Hadelich (violin), Philharmonia/clemens Schuldt 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
5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Royal Opera House, London. Mozart Don Giovanni. Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Roberto Tagliavini (Leporello), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Daniel Behle (Don Ottavio), Christine Rice (Donna Elvira), Louise
Alder (Zerlina), Leon Ko avi´c (Masetto), Brindley Sherratt (The Commendatore), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/ Hartmut Haenchen
10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am TBA
3 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private
Passions Philippa Perry (psychotherapist, author)
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music
Show New York Early Music Scene. Hannah French meets harpsichordist Jeffrey Grossman, Wen Yang of New York Baroque Incorporated and Jolle Greenleaf from the vocal ensemble Tenet. She also visits the Juilliard School of Music to hear about its Early Music education programme
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 Power Plays 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3 9.30-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix
4 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoˇrák
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Gibbons O clap your hands, Greaves England receive the rightful king, Tomkins O God, the proud are risen against me, Hilton As there be three blue beans, Byrd The eagle’s force, East O metaphysical tobacco, Byrd Deus venerunt gentes, Allison O Lord bow down, Tomkins The hills stand about Jerusalem, Weelkes O Lord God Almighty, Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer. The Cardinall’s Musick 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. Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances. BBC Singers,
BBC Symphony Orchestra/
Dalia Stasevska
10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
5 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoˇrák
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 Song of the Nightingale,
Philip Grange Violin Concerto (world premiere), Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 ‘Winter Daydreams’. Carolin
Widmann (violin), BBC Philharmonic/ben Gernon 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
6 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoˇrák
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong A recordings 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 Queen Elizabeth
Hall, London. Messiaen Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-jésus. Steven Osborne (piano) 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
7 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoˇrák
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 Queen Elizabeth
Hall, London. Weber Overture to Oberon, Coleridge Taylor Violin Concerto, Brahms Symphony No. 2. Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke! Orchestra/kevin John Edusei 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm TBA 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with
Elizabeth Alker
8 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoˇrák
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. Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto, Suk Symphony No. 2 ‘Asrael’. Truls Mørk (cello), London Symphony Orchestra/john Eliot Gardiner 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 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 5-6.30pm J to Z
6.30-10pm Opera on 3 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am TBA
10 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Ken Loach (director)
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music Show Hannah French meets violinist Adrian Chandler to discuss the first 25 years of his ensemble La Serenissima
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 Poles Apart 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3
Radio 3 at High Tide
9.30-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix 11 MONDAY 6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Malcolm Arnold 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall, London. Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux, Couperin Les fauvettes plaintives, Messiaen Le merle noir, Rameau La poule, Janáˇcek On an Overgrown Path: X. The barn owl has not flown away!, Harrison Birtwistle Oockooing Bird, Hossein Alizâdeh Call of the Birds, Purcell Ground in C minor, Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi: Prophecies, Gibbons Whoop, do me no harm, good man, Byrd My Ladye Nevells Booke: First Pavane, Philip Glass Trilogy Sonata: Knee Play No. 4 from Einstein on the Beach, Pachelbel Ciacona in F minor. Joanna Macgregor (piano) 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Wigmore Hall, London. Beethoven 6 Variations on an Original Theme in F, Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10, Schoenberg 3 Klavierstücke Op. 11. Beethoven 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35.
Cédric Tiberghien (piano) 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
12 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Malcolm Arnold 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 Milton Court, London. Erkki-sven Tüür The Wanderer’s Evening Song, Messiaen Cinq Rechants, Judith Weir Blue hills beyond blue hills (world premiere). Ligeti String Quartet,
BBC Singers/sofi Jeannin 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
13 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Malcolm Arnold 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live from Exeter Cathedral 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. Wagner Wesendonck Lieder, Bruckner Symphony No. 5. Sally Matthews (soprano), BBC Philharmonic/simone Young 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
14 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Malcolm Arnold 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. Marbe Eine Kleine Sonnenmusik, Prokofiev Chout Suite, Strauss Don Quixote. Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/ilan Volkov 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm TBA 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with
Elizabeth Alker
15 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Malcolm Arnold 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 London Jazz Festival. Jazz Voice: Grand Opening Gala. Cécile Mclorin Salvant, Cherise Adams-burnett, Corinne Bailey Rae, Judi Jackson, Matthew Whitaker, Raul Midón 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 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 from the Royal Opera House, London. Donizetti Don Pasquale. Bryn Terfel (Don Pasquale), Olga Peretyatko (Norina), Ioan
Hotea (Ernesto), Markus Werba (Doctor Malatesta), Bryan Secombe (Notary), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/evelino Pidò 10pm-12 midnight New
Music Show
12 midnight-1am TBA
17 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Yolanda Brown (saxophonist) 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt) 2-3pm The Early Music
Show Leopold Mozart Anniversary Special
3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt) 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The
Listening Service
5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.15pm Between the Ears Bone Music 7.15-7.30pm New
Generation Thinkers 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3 9.30-11pm Radio 3 in Concert 11pm-12 midnight Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
12 midnight-12.30am
Classical Fix
18 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Mary Lou Williams 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert live from Wigmore Hall,
London. Robert Schumann Kerner Lieder, Warlock Yarmouth Fair, Ireland The Three
Ravens, Vaughan Williams
The House of Life, Howells King David, Britten Oliver Cromwell. James Newby (baritone),
Simon Lepper (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. Grieg Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’. Yevgeny Sudbin (piano),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/joseph Swensen 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Slavery Untold
11pm-12.30am TBA
19 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Mary Lou Williams 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. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette.
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor),
Nicolas Courjal (bass),
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/ Michael Tilson Thomas 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
20 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Mary Lou Williams 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3.30pm Afternoon Concert 3.30-4.30pm Choral Evensong live from the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford
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. Elgar Sea Pictures, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem. Jennifer Davis (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/david Hill 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am TBA
21 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Mary Lou Williams 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert BBC Music Magazine Podcast The BBC Music Magazine Podcast returns this month with discussions of the latest news, reviews and highlights from this month’s magazine. As usual, we also bring along our favourite new recordings from the classical music world. You can listen to this, as well as all our previous episodes, on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the ‘Podcasts’ section on our website. 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from the Bridgewater
Hall, Manchester. Kalevi Aho Theremin Concerto, Outi Tarkiainen Midnight Sun Variations, Shostakovich Symphony No. 12 ‘The
Year 1917’. Carolina Eyck (theremin), BBC Philharmonic/ John Storgårds
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm TBA 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with
Elizabeth Alker
22 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Mary Lou Williams 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 George’s Hall Concert Room, Liverpool. BBC
New Generation Artists in Concert. JS Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903, Ravel Sonatine, Mozart Piano Sonata in D K311, Liszt Sonata in B minor.