Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Camerata Variabile Basel at the 2018 Schaffhausen Bach Festival. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Georgia’s classical alternative
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Gabriella Swallow, Essential Schumann, Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Beethoven Unleashed: In His Own Words, Publishing Tales
4/5 Donald Macleod explores Beethoven's letters, with excerpts read by Adrian Lester.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2019 East Neuk Festival 3/4
Pavel Haas Quartet play Shostakovich and Dvorak.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Summer Festivals
Opera Matinee: Tosca from the 2019 Aix-en-Provence Festival conducted by Daniele Rustioni
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17:00
In Tune—John Wilson, Nadine Benjamin, Bob Chilcott
Sarah Walker presents a lively mix of music and arts news.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Expand your horizons with classical music
An eclectic 30-minute mix handpicked by composer and conductor Bob Chilcott
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19:30
´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms—2020, Mark Elder and the Hallé
Works inspired by the sea and night-time, plus Beethoven’s barnstorming ‘Eroica’ Symphony.
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22:00
´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms—Proms Plus, Sea journeys in classical times
Edith Hall and Sir Barry Cunliffe consider the role of the sea in Greek myth and legend.
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22:20
´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms—Proms Plus, Russian Literature, Faith and Doubt
Pat Barker and Giles Fraser talk to Ian McMillan about books by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
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22:45
The Essay—Dark Blossoms, The Art of the Heist
4/5 How a famous crime is also a metaphor for 1960s Japan.
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23:00
´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms—Late Escapes, Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory for the Sullen
6Music's Mary Anne Hobbs presents a special Late Night Prom from 2015.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—A 'fiendishly difficult' concerto and 'semi-barbaric' symphony
Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
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