BBC Radio 3 - Schedules, 4 - 10 October 2021 (2024)

Classical Fix—Fi and Jane

Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey.

Through the Night—The Music Makers

From the BBC Proms 2019 with the BBC SO and Sir Andrew Davis. Presented by John Shea.

Through the Night—El Primer Palau 2020

A recital from the Catalan young talent series. Presented by John Shea.

Through the Night—La Strada by Nino Rota

The RAI National Symphony Orchestra perform in Turin. Presented by John Shea.

Through the Night—Liszt and Tchaikovsky

The RAI National Symphony Orchestra is joined by Alexander Malofeev. With John Shea.

Through the Night—Musique Française

The Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Olivier Latry. John Shea presents.

Freeness—Changing Elements

Corey Mwamba shares new and old shifting sounds with elemental themes.

Through the Night—Mendelssohn and Shostakovich

Music from the Italian RAI National Symphony Orchestra and James Conlon. With John Shea.

Through the Night—Ravel and Britten from London

Julia Bullock joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen. John Shea presents.

Breakfast—Monday - Petroc's classical mix

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc's classical commute

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical alternative

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical mix

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Breakfast—Friday - Petroc's classical alarm call

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.

Breakfast—Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.

Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

Essential Classics—Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics—Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics—Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics—Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics—Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Record Review—Lehar's The Merry Widow with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor

Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Lehar's The Merry Widow.

Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with an intriguing musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Music Matters—José Serebrier

Conductor José Serebrier and book An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre

Composer of the Week—Julius Eastman (1940-1990), To Obtain Wisdom

1/5 Donald Macleod unravels the enigmatic, remarkable story of New Yorker Julius Eastman.

Composer of the Week—Julius Eastman (1940-1990), A Vocal Kaleidoscope

2/5 Donald Macleod explores how performance was central to Eastman’s life and character.

Composer of the Week—Julius Eastman (1940-1990), Staying On It

3/5 Donald Macleod follows Eastman as he makes a pivotal move in his musical game plan.

Composer of the Week—Julius Eastman (1940-1990), 4. To The Fullest

4/5 Donald Macleod discovers how identity politics permeated Eastman’s work

Composer of the Week—Julius Eastman (1940-1990), Wandering Monk

5/5 Donald Macleod unpacks the tragic mystery of Eastman’s final years

This Classical Life—Jess Gillam with... Claire M Singer

Jess Gillam chats to composer Claire M Singer about the music they love.

Private Passions—Esther Freud

Michael Berkeley's guest is novelist Esther Freud.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Kirill Gerstein

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Kirill Gerstein performs Debussy, Kaprálová and Scriabin.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2021 Verbier Summer Festival (1/4)

A week of concerts from the Verbier Festival, starting with Saint-Saens, Brahms and Bach.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2021 Verbier Summer Festival (2/4)

Highlights from the Verbier Festival, including music by Beethoven, Holmes and Saint-Saens

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2021 Verbier Summer Festival (3/4)

Highlights from the Verbier Festival, including music by Liszt and Bridge.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2021 Verbier Summer Festival (4/4)

Highlights from the Verbier Festival, including music by Britten and Beethoven.

Inside Music—Conductor Delyana Lazarova with a playlist of rhythm and grandeur

Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Kirill Gerstein

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Kirill Gerstein performs Debussy, Kaprálová and Scriabin. (R)

Afternoon Concert—Monday - Javier Perianes plays Grieg

Grieg's Piano Concerto, plus music by Brahms, Mendelssohn and Lili Boulanger.

Afternoon Concert—Tuesday - Saint-Saens' Egyptian Concerto

Bertrand Chamayou plays Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No.5, and music by Bartok and Sibelius

Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Fountains of Rome

Respighi's dramatic tone poem, plus music by Mendelssohn, Strauss and Corelli

Afternoon Concert—Thursday - Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler

Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and music by Mozart, Arvo Pärt and Emilie Mayer.

Afternoon Concert—Friday - Live with the BBC Philharmonic

Mark Wigglesworth conducts symphonies by Mozart and Haydn.

The Early Music Show—London International Festival of Early Music - Young Ensemble Competition

Highlights of the three young ensembles' performances from the 2020 competition.

Sound of Cinema—Bond Villains

Series of programmes exploring film music.

Choral Evensong—Winchester Cathedral

Live from Winchester Cathedral. (R)

New Generation Artists—Johan Dalene plays Grieg

New Generation Artists perform chamber music by Edvard Grieg.

Choral Evensong—Winchester Cathedral

Live from Winchester Cathedral.

The Listening Service—Eat to the Beat

The many long-standing and sometimes surprising connections between food and music.

Music Planet—Lopa Kothari with Aynur

Lopa Kothari interviews Kurdish singer Aynur Dogan.

Jazz Record Requests—Jazz for a Sunday afternoon

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

In Tune—Steven Isserlis, Randall Goosby and Jonathan Ware, Sholto Kynoch

Violinist Randall Goosby and pianist Jonathan Ware perform live in the In Tune studio.

In Tune—Davóne Tines, Louis Schwizgebel, James Ehnes, Jason Moran

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

In Tune—The Sixteen, Christina Gansch

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

In Tune—Leia Zhu, Hiromi, Salisbury Cathedral Girls Choir

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

J to Z—Mike Westbrook

Pianist, composer and British jazz royalty Mike Westbrook shares his musical inspirations.

The Listening Service—I Got Rhythm

Tom Service discovers why we find rhythm irresistible.

Words and Music—Keats

The Romantic poet's writings on beauty, the seasons, his own health woven with music.

Opera on 3—Opera on 3: Verdi's Rigoletto

Carlos Álvarez stars in Verdi's great tragedy from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Between the Ears—An Orkney Tapestry

Erland Cooper and Daniel Pioro pay tribute to Orkney poet George Mackay Brown.

Classical Mixtape—Expand your horizons with classical music

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises

Radio 3 in Concert—Brahms and Schumann from Copenhagen

Brahms with Beatrice Rana and Schumann's Second Symphony from Copenhagen.

Classical Mixtape—Power through with classical music

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises

Radio 3 in Concert—Rough Voices

BBC NOW and Ryan Bancroft perform Gavin Higgins's work alongside Beethoven and Sibelius.

Classical Mixtape—Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises

Radio 3 in Concert—Kings Place: Mark Simpson with the Diotima Quartet

The Diotima Quartet play music by Schubert, Brahms and an Adès world premiere.

Classical Mixtape—Power through with classical music

In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.

Radio 3 in Concert—BBC Symphony Orchestra with Davóne Tines

Dalia Stasevska conducts Dvorak's New World Symphony & bass-baritone Davóne Tines' Sermon.

Classical Mixtape—The eclectic classical mix

An eclectic mix of classical favourites including music by Mozart, Gounod, Rebecca Clarke.

Radio 3 in Concert—North to South

The BBC Philharmonic perform music by Sibelius, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich.

Sunday Feature—The Gorbals - Past and Present

A New Generation Thinker brings their research into the modern mainstream.

Drama on 3—City College

Controversy explodes when a lecturer questions fundamental truths about black history.

Record Review Extra—Lehar's The Merry Widow

Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music.

Music Matters—Steve Reich at 85

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

The Essay—Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Ted Hughes and Animal Encounters

Poet Helen Mort reads Hughes's poems about creatures in light of her own animal phobia.

Free Thinking—Breakfast

Literally "breaking the fast" - Matthew Sweet moves from the Full English to Tiffany's.

The Essay—Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Ted Hughes v Philip Larkin

Sean O'Brien returns to his native Hull to consider the work of two very different poets.

Free Thinking—The British Academy Book Prize 2021

New ways of thinking about global problems - Rana Mitter reads this year's shortlist.

The Essay—Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Crows, Loss and a Violent Melancholia

Poet Karen McCarthy Woolf on finding solace in Hughes's work during a troubled childhood.

Free Thinking—Choice

Do poets choose their words or are they predetermined?

The Essay—Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Ted Hughes and the River of Time

Poet Zaffar Kunial explores Ted Hughes's personal obsession with dates and anniversaries.

The Verb—At Contains Strong Language

With Simon Armitage & LYR, Theresa Lola, Romalyn Ante and Andrea Mbarushimana

The Essay—Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Ted Hughes and Tenderness

Poet Simon Armitage talks about finding an unexpected in tenderness Ted Hughes's work.

New Music Show—Rhythm Changes

The latest in new music performance.

Night Tracks—A little night music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

Night Tracks—Music after dark

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

Night Tracks—The constant harmony machine

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

The Night Tracks Mix—Music for the darkling hour

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.

Unclassified—Songs for Clean Minds

Elizabeth Alker with songs to soothe, sink into and lose yourself amidst.

Late Junction—Underground Rivers, Ancient Puzzles and Earth Songs

Verity Sharp delves deep to dish up two hours of music for adventurous listeners.

Barrie Kosky's Musical Stages—Yiddish Operetta

1/3 Visionary opera director Kosky explores the tragedy and wit of this forgotten genre