BBC Radio 3 schedule Saturday 16 February 2013

This week Calendar

  1. Early

    1. 01:00

      Through the Night 16/02/2013

      Jonathan Swain presents the Aldeburgh World Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder.

  2. Morning

    1. 07:00

      Breakfast Saturday - Martin Handley

      Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

    2. 09:00

      CD Review Building a Library: Mahler: Symphony No 6

      With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mahler: Symphony No 6.

  3. Afternoon

    1. 12:15

      Music Matters Bernard Haitink, Pierre Schaeffer and a 40,000 year old flute.

      Tom Service talks to conductor Bernard Haitink.

    2. 13:00

      The Early Music Show The Marriage of Princess Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick, Elector Palatine

      Lucie Skeaping on the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V, Elector Palatine.

    3. 14:00

      Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wigmore Hall: Khatia Buniatishvili

      Live from Wigmore Hall, London, pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays Chopin and Ravel. (R)

    4. 15:00

      Saturday Classics The Story of Music, Dan Snow

      3/4 Dan Snow presents music relating to the Napoleonic Wars.

    5. 17:00

      Jazz Record Requests 16/02/2013

      Alyn Shipton with listeners' requests, including Soweto Kinch, Barney Wilen and Artie Shaw

  4. Evening

    1. 18:00

      Opera on 3 Live from the Met, Verdi 200: Rigoletto

      A performance of Verdi's Rigoletto live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

    2. 21:15

      The Wire We Are Mermaid

      By Frazer Flintham. When little Bethan goes missing, the support is incredible, briefly.

    3. 22:00

      Pre-Hear Tabakova, Higgins

      Music for wind ensemble by Dobrinka Tabakova and Gavin Higgins.

    4. 22:30

      Hear and Now Heiner Goebbels, Alexander Goehr

      Birmingham Contemporary Music Group perform works by Heiner Goebbels and Alexander Goehr.

  5. Late

    1. 00:00

      Geoffrey Smith's Jazz Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

      Geoffrey Smith celebrates the wit and virtuosity of vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

    2. 01:00

      Through the Night 17/02/2013

      Nicola Christie presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 8.

Sunday 17 February 2013