NOVEMBER’S RADIO 3 LISTINGS
Schedules may be subject to alteration. For up-to-date listings see Radio Times
1 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Coleridge-taylor
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Hoddinott Hall. JS Bach Ricercar a 3, Lowell Liebermann Concerto for Flute, Op. 39, Schmidt Symphony No. 2. Matthew Featherstone (flute), BBC Now/jonathan Berman 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay Early
Music at the BBC 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
2 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Coleridge-taylor
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4pm Afternoon Concert 4-5pm Choral Evensong 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay Early Music at the BBC 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
3 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Coleridge-taylor
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Charles Mingus arr. Guy Barker Mingus Suite. Lakecia Benjamin (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra/guy Barker 10.45-11pm The Essay Early Music at the BBC
11-11.30pm Night Tracks Mix 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
4 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Coleridge-taylor
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Wigmore Hall. Schumann Arabeske, Op. 18, Waldszenen, Op. 82, Brahms Theme and Variations, Op. 18b, Bach Toccata, BWV 911, Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2. Eric Lu (piano). 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay Early
Music at the BBC
11pm-1am Late Junction
5 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-12am New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
6 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12 noon-1pm Private Passions William Kentridge
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong
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 Sonic Century
7.30-9pm Drama on 3
Churchill versus Reith
9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Night Series Opera: Art of Emotions 12–12.30am Classical Fix
7 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Verdi
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4.30pm Afternoon Concert 4.30-5pm New Gen Artists 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Between the Ears: Miniatures 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
8 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Verdi
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Lighthouse, Poole. Bart´ok Romanian Dances, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Beethoven Violin Concerto. Fedor Rudin (violin), Bournemouth So/kirill Karabits 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Between the Ears: Miniatures 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
9 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the
Week Verdi
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4pm Afternoon Concert 4-5pm Choral Evensong 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In
Concert from Bridgewater
Hall, Manchester. Wagner Parsifal: Prelude to Act I, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Elgar Symphony
No. 2. BBC Philharmonic/mark Wigglesworth
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay Between the Ears: Miniatures 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
10 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Verdi
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
Between the Ears: Miniatures 11-11.30pm Night Tracks Mix 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified
11 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Verdi
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Royal Festival Hall. London Jazz Festival Gala. Kurt Elling, Caroll Thompson, Amythyst
Kiah, Dana Masters (vocalists), EFG Ochestra/guy Barker 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay
Between the Ears: Miniatures 11pm-1am Late Junction
12 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 – EBU 10pm-12am New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
13 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9-am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12-1pm Private Passions
Julia Blackburn
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong
4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music CHOICE 6.457.30pm Feature Sonic Century: The Microphone 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Night Series Opera: Art of Emotions 12–12.30am Classical Fix
14 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12-1pm Composer of the Week The Harlem Renaissance 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4.30pm Afternoon Concert 4.30-5pm New Gen Artists 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
15 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12-1pm Composer of the Week The Harlem Renaissance 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
16 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12-1pm Composer of the Week The Harlem Renaissance 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4pm Afternoon Concert 4-5pm Choral Evensong 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In
Concert from Bridgewater Hall. Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements, Brahms Double Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No. 6. Daniel Pioro (violin), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Philharmonic/elena Schwarz 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
17 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12-1pm Composer of the Week The Harlem Renaissance 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert live from Glasgow City Halls. Abrahamsen Vers le silence, Wagner arr. Wigglesworth Götterdämmerung: A Symphonic Journey. Katherine Broderick (soprano), BBC Scottish SO/ Ryan Wigglesworth
10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks Mix 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
18 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics CHOICE 12-1pm Composer of the Week The Harlem Renaissance 1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert live from Queen Elizabeth Hall. Tribute to Tomasz Sta´nko.
Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski Trio, BBC CO. 10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
19 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-12am New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
20 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12-1pm Private Passions
Esther Rantzen
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong
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 Most Contrary Region 7.30-9pm Drama on 3
9-11pm Record Review Extra 11pm-12am Sunday Night Series Opera: Art of Emotions 12–12.30am Classical Fix
21 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Doreen Carwithen
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4.30pm Afternoon Concert 4.30-5pm New Gen Artists 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
22 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Doreen Carwithen
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape CHOICE 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Wigmore Hall. Purcell
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Z339, Chacony, Z730, Hosanna to the highest, Z187, Handel Trio Sonata, HWV 399, Chandos Anthem No. 6 ‘As pants the hart’. Grace Davidson, Rachel Redmond (sopranos), Alexander Chance (alto), Samuel Boden, Hugo Hymas (tenors), David Shipley (bass), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/kristian Bezuidenhout 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
23 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Doreen Carwithen
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4pm Afternoon Concert 4-5pm Choral Evensong 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from St Martin-in-the-fields. Harris Faire is the Heaven, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, Finzi Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Harris Bring us, O Lord God, Tavener Song for Athene, Duruflé Requiem. Ashley Grote (organ), BBC Singers/lionel Sow 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
24 THURSDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Doreen Carwithen
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Glasgow City Halls.
Sibelius Tapiola, Strauss Four Last Songs, Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5. Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), BBC Scottish So/martyn Brabbins 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay 11-11.30pm Night Tracks Mix 11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified with Elizabeth Alker
25 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Doreen Carwithen
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Prichard-jones Hall. Andrew Lewis In Memory,
Elgar Cello Concerto, Franck Symphony in D minor. Santiago Cañón-valencia (cello), BBC Now/gergely Madaras 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
26 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 ROH. Britten The Rape of Lucretia 10pm-12am New Music Show 12 midnight-1am Freeness
27 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast
9-am-12 noon Sunday Morning 12-1pm Private Passions
Adam Rutherford
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong
4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Feature Briggflatts 7.30-9pm Drama on 3 The Age of Anxiety 9-11pm Record Review Extra 11-11.30pm Slow Radio 11.30pm-12am Classical Fix
28 MONDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4.30pm Afternoon Concert 4.30-5pm New Gen Artists 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert 10-10.45pm Music Matters 10.45-11pm The Essay
Listen Harder
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
29 TUESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-5pm Afternoon Concert 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Ulster Hall. Bacewicz Overture for Orchestra, Bartók Concerto for Orchestra,
Dvoˇrák Symphony No. 9. Ulster Orchestra/daniele Rustioni 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Listen Harder
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks
30 WEDNESDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12 noon Essential Classics 12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Chopin
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4pm Afternoon Concert 4-5pm Choral Evensong 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert from Barbican. Walker Sinfonia No. 2, Lyric, Movements for Cello and Orchestra, Mass, Sinfonia No. 5. Laura van der Heijden (cello), BBC So/alpesh Chauhan 10-10.45pm Free Thinking 10.45-11pm The Essay
Listen Harder
11pm-12.30am Night Tracks