March Radio 3 and TV listings
Schedules may be subject to alteration. For up-to-date listings see Radio Times
1 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Richard Strauss 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 De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sibelius Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2, Westhoff Violin Sonata
No. 3. Baiba Skride (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic
Orchestra/jukka-pekka Saraste 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 2 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Richard Strauss 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 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
3 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Richard Strauss 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 from the Barbican, London.
Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman: Part 1, Beethoven Piano Concerto
No. 4, Barber Symphony in
One Movement. Eric Lu
(piano), London Symphony Orchestra/marin Alsop 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
4 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Richard Strauss 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert live from City Halls, Glasow. Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto.
Sheku Kanneh-mason (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/thomas Dausgaard 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
5 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Richard Strauss 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 6 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
7 SUNDAY
Freeness 7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions Helen Macdonald (writer and naturalist) (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 The Tidal Sense
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
The Mabinogion (Series 2) 9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series
8 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ruth Gipps: a centenary celebration
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert from Watford Coliseum. Gipps Chanticleer Overture, Symphony No. 2, Variations on a theme by Byrd, Tragic Celebration, Sinfonia Pacifica, Cécile
Marti Wave Trip. BBC Concert Orchestra/jessica Horsley 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Shakespeare’s Sisters 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks 9 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ruth Gipps
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 Shakespeare’s Sisters 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
10 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ruth Gipps
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 Shakespeare’s Sisters 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
11 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ruth Gipps
1-5pm See Wed 10 March 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay Shakespeare’s Sisters 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
12 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ruth Gipps 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 Shakespeare’s Sisters 11pm-1am Late Junction
13 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
14 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions
Sean Scully (artist)
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 6.45-7.15pm Between the Ears Listen to the Deep 7.15-7.30pm New
Generation Thinkers
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
The Mabinogion (Series 3) 9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series
15 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Handel
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 Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia. Recorded on the centenary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic. Smetana Vy ehrad from Má vlast, Suchoˇn Metamorphoses, Dvoˇrák Symphony No. 9
‘From the New World’.
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/onrej Lenárd 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
New Generation Thinkers 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
16 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Handel
CHOICE 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in
Concert live from Hoddinott
Hall, Cardiff. Sinfonia Cymru 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
New Generation Thinkers 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
17 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Handel
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
New Generation Thinkers 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
18 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Handel
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in
Concert live from Hoddinott
Hall, Cardiff. Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
New Generation Thinkers 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am
Unclassified
19 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Handel
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 in
Concert live from Hoddinott
Hall, Cardiff. BBC National Orchestra of Wales
10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
New Generation Thinkers 11pm-1am Late Junction
20 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
6.30-9.50pm Opera on 3 10pm-12 midnight
New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
21 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning
12 noon-1pm Private
Passions Margaret
Heffernan (entrepreneur)
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 6.45-7.15pm Between the Ears Telling the Bees 7.15-7.30pm New
Generation Thinkers
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
The Meaning of Zong
9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Series
22 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ravel
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 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Brahms Waltz in A. Lars Vogt (piano), Royal Concertgebouw/mariss Jansons 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Renaissance Man 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
23 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ravel
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 Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden. Piazzolla Centenary Programme. Thomas Gould (violin), Marcelo Nisinman (bandoneon), Britten Sinfonia 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Renaissance Man 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
24 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ravel
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 from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1, Beethoven Symphony No. 2. Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/
Vasily Petrenko
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Renaissance Man 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
25 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon
Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ravel
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. Berg Violin Concerto. Antje Weithaas (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay The Renaissance Man 11-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
26 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Ravel
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. Echoes of Scotland. Felix Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 3 ‘Scottish’, Sally Beamish Viola Concerto No. 3 ‘Under the Wing of the Rock’, Maxwell Davies An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise. Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra/sakari Oramo 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Renaissance Man 11pm-1am Late Junction
27 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
28 SUNDAY
Freeness 7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private
Passions Kieran Hodgson
(actor and comedian)
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 Feminists Should
Read Baudelaire
7.30-9pm Drama on 3 Constellations
9-11pm Record Review Extra
29 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Brahms
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 Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg. Nordheim Canzona for Orchestra, Grieg Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2, Grieg Lyric Pieces: Gangar.
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano),
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko
10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Renaissance Man 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
30 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Brahms
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7pm In Tune
7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape 7.30-9.30pm Radio 3 in Concert from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Carlijn Metselaar Time for your Walk, Tailleferre Harp Concerto, Poulenc Sinfonietta. Catrin Finch (harp), BBC National Orchestra of Wales 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
The Renaissance Man 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
31 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast 9am-12noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Brahms
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
The Renaissance Man 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks