Schedule
Early
00:00
Freeness—Lost Relic
Corey Mwamba presents classic and contemporary improvised music.
01:00
Through the Night—Julia Fischer plays Bartok
The French National Orchestra performing Bartok and Mussorgsky. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with a delightful musical mix
Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—John Cleese
Michael Berkeley’s guest is John Cleese.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Alim Beisembayev
Live from Wigmore Hall, a piano recital of music by Chopin and Clementi.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Lucrezia Borgia's music
Hannah French seeks the real Lucrezia Borgia through the music she knew and loved.
15:00
Choral Evensong—Buckfast Abbey
Live from Buckfast Abbey with the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—New discoveries and evergreen classics
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
17:00
The Listening Service—Handel's Messiah: Hallelujah!
Tom Service lifts the lid on Handel's Messiah.
17:30
Words and Music—Madame Bovary and independent women
Emma Fielding and Alex Jennings read from Flaubert's novel about a frustrated wife.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—This Land of Words and Water
A journey into the Ireland of Louis MacNeice’s poetic imagination.
19:30
Drama on 3—Don Juan
The amazing adventures of young Don Juan: comedy, tragedy and sexual intrigue.
21:00
Record Review Extra—Shostakovich's Symphony No 7, 'Leningrad'
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music.
23:00
Free the Music with Pekka Kuusisto—A Time and a Place
Pekka searches for new freedoms in performance in Vivaldi, Monteverdi and Dolly Parton.
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Late
00:00
Classical Fix—Cheddar Gorgeous
Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for drag artist Cheddar Gorgeous.
00:30
Through the Night—Psalm Settings
The Netherlands Chamber Choir sing at the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
