BBC Radio 3 - Schedules, 7 - 13 March 2022 (2024)

Classical Fix—Sigrid

Linton Stephens mixes singer Sigrid a classical playlist for International Women's Day.

Through the Night—Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams and Dvořák from Leipzig

MDR Leipzig RSO and Dennis Russell Davies play Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams and Dvořák.

Through the Night—Music for International Women's Day

Éva Bátori sings works by women composers from Hungary and elsewhere. With Catriona Young.

Through the Night—Chamber Music from Bucharest

Violin, viola and piano works by Bruch, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Boulanger and Shostakovich.

Through the Night—From Beethoven to Chopin

Pianist Zoltan Peter performs masterpieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin.

Through the Night—Schubert's Schwanengesang

Baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber perform Schubert in Stockholm.

Freeness—Alexander Hawkins

Celebrated British pianist talks through his new album, Break a Vase.

Piano Flow—Tokio Myers, Happy music to kick-start your day

Tokio has an uplifting playlist to start your day just right!

Through the Night—RAI National Symphony Orchestra from Turin

Stravinsky's music with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Pietari Inkinen.

Gameplay with Baby Queen—Iconic themes for your favourite characters

Baby Queen hails the most iconic gaming characters from Pokémon to Super Street Fighter 2.

Through the Night—Schumann from Budapest

The Hungarian RSO perform Schumann's Manfred Overture, Violin Concerto and First Symphony.

Breakfast—Monday - Petroc's classical mix

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

Breakfast—Tuesday - Hannah's classical rise and shine

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call

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

Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical picks

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

Breakfast—Friday - Petroc's classical alternative

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

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—Tom McKinney

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—Schubert's String Quintet in C with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor

Natasha Loges picks a favourite recording of Schubert's String Quintet in C.

Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with an energising musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Music Matters—Bill Frisell

Guitarist Bill Frisell, composer Eleanor Alberga, Hebrew oratorio Ester & Sonica Festival.

Composer of the Week—Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952), Family Matters

1/5 Donald Macleod looks into Bosmans’s relationship with her parents.

Composer of the Week—Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952), Concert Pianist

2/5 Donald Macleod explores Henriëtte Bosmans’s rise to fame as a pianist.

Composer of the Week—Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952), Occupied Amsterdam

3/5 Donald Macleod explores the impact of World War II on Bosmans's circ*mstances.

Composer of the Week—Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952), A British Connection

4/5 Donald Macleod looks at the relationship between Henriëtte Bosmans and Benjamin Britten.

Composer of the Week—Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952), Muse

5/5 Donald Macleod looks at Bosmans’s fiery relationship with singer Noëmie Perugia.

This Classical Life—Jess Gillam with... Ella Taylor

Jess Gillam and soprano Ella Taylor share the music they love. (R)

Private Passions—Katy Brand

Michael Berkeley’s guest is comedian, actor and author Katy Brand.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Simon Trpčeski and friends, live from Wigmore Hall

Simon Trpčeski and friends play Brahms, Shahov and Connesson.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—International Women's Day with the BBC Singers

The BBC Singers join organist Anna Lapwood for International Women's Day.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2021 (1/3)

The Brentano String Quartet perform Haydn. Pianist William Young and friends play Dvořák.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival

Highlights from the 2021 Schwetzingen Festival: music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2021 (3/3)

The Brentano Quartet play Schubert’s String Quartet No 15 in G, D887.

Inside Music—Double bass player Dominic Seldis with venerable venues and bold bass lines

Hear Dominic Seldis open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Simon Trpčeski and friends, live from Wigmore Hall

Simon Trpčeski and friends play Brahms, Shahov and Connesson.

Afternoon Concert—Monday - Brahms's Third Symphony

Roderick Cox conducts Brahms, and Barbara Hannigan conducts Haydn.

Afternoon Concert—Tuesday - International Women's Day

Penny Gore with a rich selection of music by women composers.

Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Blomstedt conducts Stenhammar

More music from women composers, as well as Handel and Vivaldi.

Afternoon Concert—Thursday - Jan Lisiecki plays Brahms

Jan Lisiecki and Marin Alsop perform Brahms, plus Bach from Andreas Staier and friends.

Afternoon Concert—Friday - Bruch for two pianos

Strauss and Bruck from Seoul, as well as more from the Bach family.

The Early Music Show—Johann Friedrich Agricola

Lucie Skeaping explores the life, times and music of Johann Friedrich Agricola.

Sound of Cinema—The Modern TV Score

Scoring music for series with big budgets on small screens for TV and streaming services.

Choral Evensong—Keble College, Oxford

From the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford. (R)

New Generation Artists—Mariam Batsashvili plays Liszt

New Generation Artists: Mariam Batsashvili plays Liszt's deeply poetic Benediction.

Choral Evensong—Keble College, Oxford

From the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford.

The Listening Service—Bruckner and the Symphonic Boa Constrictors

Is listening to a Bruckner symphony really like being crushed to death by a giant snake? (R)

Music Planet—Lopa Kothari with Mdou Moctar

Lopa Kothari interviews Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar.

Jazz Record Requests—Your Sunday jazz soundtrack

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

In Tune—I fa*giolini, Adam Fischer, Shunta Morimoto

Katie Derham is joined in the studio by special guests I fa*giolini.

In Tune—Chen Reiss, Liane Carroll, Gabriella di Laccio and Anna Sulkowska-Migon

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

In Tune—Rosanne Philippens, Siân Dicker

Violinist Rosanne Philippens talks to Katie Derham and Siân Dicker sings live.

In Tune—Korros Ensemble, Suzi Digby

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

In Tune—James Pearson and the Ronnie Scott Ensemble, Lise Davidsen

Katie Derham is joined by pianist and director of music at Ronnie Scott's, James Pearson.

J to Z—Alice Zawadzki in concert

Live music from vocalist-violinist Alice Zawadzki. Plus Alyn Shipton’s jazz inspirations. (R)

The Listening Service—In space no-one can hear you sing...

Tom Service explores why space-inspired music sounds the way it does.

Words and Music—Less Is More

Jane Lapotaire and John Heffernan enter the world of the simple, the small and the lost. (R)

Opera on 3—Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos

Soprano Lisa Davidsen stars in Richard Strauss's most unusual opera at the New York Met.

Sunday Feature—The Emergency - Creative freedom in wartime Dublin

Regan Hutchins tells the story of bohemian Dublin in World War II. (R)

Classical Mixtape—Half an hour of the finest classical music

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

Radio 3 in Concert—Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

Paavo Järvi conducts Mahler's epic Third Symphony.

Classical Mixtape—Classical music to inspire you

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

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—Imogen Cooper plays Mozart with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform Schubert, Mozart and Jonathan Dove.

Classical Mixtape—The eclectic classical mix

In Tune's specially curated mixtape including music by Vivaldi, Ravi Shankar and Britten.

Radio 3 in Concert—The Lark Ascending

Violinist Rosanne Philippens joins the BBC SSO to perform Vaughan Williams's masterpiece.

Classical Mixtape—Your go-to introduction to classical music

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

Radio 3 in Concert—Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis

The BBC SO perform Ullmann and other music from the Nazi ghetto of Theresienstadt.

Drama on 3—Strings

Linda Marshall Griffiths's thrilling drama set on a space craft navigating cosmic strings.

Radio 3 in Concert—Casulana and Strozzi: The Excellence of Women

Fieri Consort present newly rediscovered madrigals by Maddalena Casulana.

Northern Drift—Amanda Dalton and Daniel Thorne

Poet Amanda Dalton and saxophonist Daniel Thorne at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.

Record Review Extra—Schubert's String Quintet in C

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

Music Matters—Semyon Bychkov

Semyon Bychkov and Ukrainian musicians on Ukraine conflict; and female record producers. (R)

The Essay—Fashion Stories, Body Armour

1/5 Sophie Oliver looks at a Mina Loy corselet and the history of reshaping bodies.

Free Thinking—Sisters

The Unthank sisters, Sally Alexander, Lucy Holland, Oyinkan Braithwaite and Shahidha Bari.

The Essay—Fashion Stories, In a Handbag

2/5 Shahidha Bari looks at what the contents of a handbag can tell us.

Free Thinking—New research into women's history

The Clean Break theatre company, sex strikes, East European feminism. Naomi Paxton hosts.

3/5 Jade Halbert looks at the designs inspired by English history created by Angela Holmes.

Free Thinking—Blackmail and Shame

Mark Ravenhill on staging the play on which Hitchco*ck based Blackmail.

The Essay—Fashion Stories, Uniforms - An Alternative History

4/5 Tom Smith links school blazers and clothes worn by East German soldiers to clubbing.

The Verb—Mothers and Daughters

Warsan Shire, Ruth Padel, Hollie McNish and Lissa Evans join Ian McMillan.

The Essay—Fashion Stories, Boy with a Pearl Earring

5/5 Lauren Working explores the cavalier look from Charles I to Harry Styles.

New Music Show—Systema Naturae - a musical celebration of observation

Systema Naturae - Maura Lanza and Andrea Valle's homage to discovery.

Night Tracks—Music for the evening

Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

Night Tracks—International Women's Day

Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for International Women's Day.

Night Tracks—The music garden

Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

The Night Tracks Mix—Music for the evening

Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.

Unclassified—Ambience that gleams and glitters

Elizabeth Alker shares sounds inspired by shifting daylight and celestial ice. (R)

Late Junction—Debit’s Mixtape

Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Mexican-American producer Debit.

The Electronic Century with Gabriel Prokofiev—For the Record

2/3 Gabriel Prokofiev celebrates the art of the sample and ways of composing with recordings. (R)