Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Buck Clayton
Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of longtime Count Basie trumpeter Buck Clayton.
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01:00
Through the Night—Proms 2016: The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
John Shea presents a programme from the 2016 Proms, featuring Strauss and Holst.
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Morning
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07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Sunday Morning—Jonathan Swain
Jonathan Swain with music by Schumann and Tchaikovsky exploring separation.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Private Passions—Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: Eamon Duffy
Michael Berkeley's guest is Eamon Duffy, professor of the history of Christianity. (R)
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Louis Lortie
From Wigmore Hall. Louis Lortie plays piano music by Chopin and George Benjamin. (R)
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14:00
The Early Music Show—Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: The Lead-Up...
Lucie Skeaping with pre-Reformation music, by Issac, Senfl, Josquin and Hans Sachs.
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15:00
Choral Evensong—Winchester Cathedral
From Winchester Cathedral.
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16:00
Choir and Organ—Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: The Genevan Psalter
Sara Mohr-Pietsch delves into the world of John Calvin's Genevan Psalter.
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17:00
The Listening Service—Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution
Tom Service explores the power and politics of communal singing.
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17:30
Words and Music—April Showers
Texts and music on the theme of precipitation.
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Evening
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18:45
Sunday Feature—Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: A Square Dance in Heaven
The Rev Lucy Winkett takes a musical tour of the Reformation.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Debussy, Schubert and Wagner performed in Germany
Music by Mozart, Glass and Wagner from the Verbier Festival. Plus Schubert from Kreuth.
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21:00
Drama on 3—Macbeth
A new production of Shakespeare's dark tragedy about ambition for power. (R)
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23:05
Early Music Late—Il Giardino Armonico
Il Giardino Armonico in a concert of 16th- and 17th-century European instrumental music.
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Late
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00:05
Night Music—Henry Hugo Pierson's Macbeth
A rare chance to hear Henry Hugo Pierson's symphonic poem Macbeth, Op 54.
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00:30
Through the Night—Contemporary choral music from the Swedish Radio Chorus
John Shea's selection includes contemporary choral music from the Swedish Radio Chorus.
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