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1 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 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
2 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 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Birmingham Town Hall. A recording from 2008. Mendelssohn Elijah (1846 version). James Rutherford (baritone), Julia Doyle,
Grace Davidson (sopranos), Diana Moore, Lucy Ballard (contraltos), Mark Padmore,
Nicholas Mulroy (tenors), Marcus Farnsworth, James Mustard (basses), Ex Cathedra XL Anniversary Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Jeffrey Skidmore
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
3 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 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
4 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
6-10pm Opera on 3 from the Royal Opera House,
London. Richard Strauss
Elektra. Christine Goerke (Elektra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Michaela Schuster (Clytemnestra), Louise Armit (Confidante), Marianne Cotterill (Trainbearer), Elaine Mckrill (Overseer), Douglas Jones (Young Servant),
Jeremy White (Old Servant),
Iain Paterson (Orestes),
John Cunningham (Orestes’s Companion), John Daszak (Aegisthus), Anna Burford (First Maid), Catherine Carby (Second Maid), Elizabeth Sikora (Third Maid), Royal Opera House Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/andris Nelsons 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
5 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Bel Mooney (journalist) (rpt) 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 Afterwords: Toni Morrison 7.30-9pm Drama on 3
9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12 midnight The Future of the Past: Early Music Today
6 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Holmès and Duparc 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 Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
7 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Holmès and Duparc 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
8 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Holmès and Duparc 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 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) (rpt) 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
9 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Holmès and Duparc 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 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
10 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12noon Essential Classics
12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Holmès and Duparc 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 The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
11 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
CHOICE 6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Notre-dame Basilica, Beaune. Purcell The Fairy Queen. Gillian Keith (Juno), Jessica Cale (Night), Charlotte Shaw (First Fairy), Charles
Daniels (Secrecy), Jeremy Budd (Summer), Ashley Riches (Sleep), Marcus Farnsworth (Corydon), Gabrieli Consort & Players/paul Mccreesh 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
12 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions William Sieghart (publisher, philanthropist) (rpt)
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
Silent Witness: John Cage 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3 9.30-11pm Record
Review Extra
11pm-12 midnight The Future of the Past: Early Music Today with Nicholas Kenyon (rpt)
13 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from St Francis’ Church,
Locarno, Switzerland. Haydn Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D, Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2, Schubert Impromptu in F minor Op. 142 No. 1, Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 18, Bartók Romanian Folk Dances, Golijov Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra: Night of the Flying Horses, Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 4, 5 and 21, Bartók 44 Duos for Violin
Vol. 4: Prelude and Canon, Kodály Dances from Galánta. Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ Joshua Weilerstein 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
14 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-7.30pm As Monday 13 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert The Sixteen (rpt)
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
15 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
5-7.30pm 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
16 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-7.30pm As Monday 13 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
17 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 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
18 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
19 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Helen Macdonald (writer)
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 7.30-9.30pm Drama on 3 9.30-11pm Record
Review Extra
11-12pm A Singer’s World
20 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week JS Bach
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 Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
21 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week JS Bach
1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
22 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week JS Bach
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 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
23 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week JS Bach
1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
24 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week JS Bach
1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
25 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-12am New Music Show 12-1am Freeness
26 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Henry Blofeld (sports journalist) 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 7.30-10.30pm Drama on 3 10.30-11.30pm
Record Review Extra 11.30pm-12am Slow Radio
27 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven 1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay (rpt) 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
28 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-9.30pm Radio 3 in Concert
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay (rpt) 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
29 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
5-7.30pm 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 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
31 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Beethoven
1-7.30pm As Monday 20 July 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction