BBC Radio 3 schedule 17 - 23 June 2013

Today Calendar
Mon 17 JunTue 18 JunWed 19 JunToday 20 JunFri 21 JunSat 22 JunSun 23 Jun
00:00

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 18/06/2013

    Jonathan Swain presents the second concert from the 2012 Martha Argerich Project, Lugano.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 19/06/2013

    Includes Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the 2012 Proms.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 20/06/2013

    With Jonathan Swain. Ols Cinxo is the soloist in Mendelssohn's D minor Violin Concerto.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 21/06/2013

    Jonathan Swain's selection includes a concert of music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

  1. 00:00 - 01:00

    Geoffrey Smith's Jazz Thelonious Monk

    Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of pianist Thelonious Monk, 'the high priest of bebop'

01:00

  1. 01:00 - 06:30

    Through the Night 17/06/2013

    Jonathan Swain presents the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra performing Bach and Zelenka.

  1. 01:00 - 07:00

    Through the Night 22/06/2013

    Jonathan Swain introduces a recital given in Lisbon by pianist Nicholas Angelich.

  1. 01:00 - 07:00

    Through the Night 23/06/2013

    Jonathan Swain introduces a piano recital given by Libor Novacek.

02:00
03:00
04:00
05:00
06:00

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    On air

    Breakfast Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

07:00

  1. 07:00 - 09:00

    Breakfast Saturday - Martin Handley

    Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 07:00 - 09:00

    Breakfast Sunday - Martin Handley

    Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

08:00
09:00

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Monday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Tuesday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including 20 Great British Works: Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Wednesday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including 20 Great British Works: Holst: The Planets.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Thursday - Sarah Walker

    With 20 Great British Works: Come ye sons of art away (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary)

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Friday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including 20 Great British Works: Walton: Symphony No 1.

  1. 09:00 - 12:15

    CD Review Building a Library: Dvorak: Stabat Mater

    With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Dvorak: Stabat Mater.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Sunday Morning Celebrating Summer

    Rob Cowan plays music associated with summer and a cantata by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel.

10:00
11:00
12:00

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), The Roots of an Enigma

    1/5 Donald Macleod follows Elgar from birth to the brink of his first acknowledged masterpiece

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Cracking the Enigma

    2/5 Donald Macleod focuses on two works: the Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontius.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), The Long-Awaited Symphony

    3/5 Donald Macleod focuses on two very different facets of Elgar's musical personality.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), A Fat Knight and a New King

    4/5 Donald Macleod learns how Elgar shunned the coronation of King George V.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), War and Beyond

    5/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Elgar's life during the First World War and beyond.

  1. 12:15 - 13:00

    Music Matters Music-Making in Cornwall

    Tom Service explores music-making in Cornwall, from folk to George Lloyd and Graham Fitkin

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Private Passions Paul Muldoon

    Poet Paul Muldoon introduces his personal musical choices.

13:00

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wigmore Hall: Benjamin Grosvenor

    Benjamin Grosvenor performs piano music by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Schulz-Evler.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Episode 1

    1/4 Highlights from the opening recital in the Song Prize plus news from the opera rounds.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Episode 2

    2/4 Highlights from the second recital in the Song Prize plus news from the opera rounds.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Episode 3

    3/4 Highlights from the third recital in the Song Prize plus news from the opera rounds.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Episode 4

    4/4 Highlights from the fourth recital in the Song Prize plus news from the opera rounds.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    The Early Music Show Richard III

    Lucie Skeaping considers the music that might have adorned the court of Richard III.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    The Early Music Show Radio 3/National Centre for Early Music Composers' Award Result

    Lucie Skeaping presents a concert given at the 2013 Bath Festival by Florilegium.

14:00

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 British Symphonies and Brass Bands, Episode 1

    1/3 Penny Gore with music by Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Bax and Edward Gregson.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 British Symphonies and Brass Bands, Episode 2

    2/3 Penny Gore with music by Percy Fletcher, York Bowen, Patrick Hadley, Ireland and Stokowski

  1. 14:00 - 15:30

    Afternoon on 3 British Symphonies and Brass Bands, Episode 3

    3/3 Penny Gore presents music by Kenneth Leighton, James MacMillan and Richard Rodney Bennett.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 Thursday Opera Matinee, Verdi - Aroldo

    Penny Gore presents a rare performance of Verdi's opera Aroldo.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 21/06/2013

    Penny Gore presents music by William Mathias, Daniel Jones, Beethoven and Piazzolla.

  1. 14:00 - 15:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wigmore Hall: Benjamin Grosvenor

    Benjamin Grosvenor performs piano music by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Schulz-Evler. (R)

  1. 14:00 - 16:00

    Sunday Concert BCMG, Oliver Knussen - Britten, Henze, Carter, Lindberg, Lutoslawski

    The BCMG and Pierre-Laurent Aimard under Oliver Knussen perform at the Aldeburgh Festival.

15:00

  1. 15:30 - 16:30

    Choral Evensong St Paul's Cathedral

    From St Paul's Cathedral.

  1. 15:00 - 17:00

    Saturday Classics Simon Heffer's British Music, Episode 4

    4/4 Simon Heffer celebrates music by Coates, Bowen, Vaughan Williams, Rubbra and Finzi.

16:00

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Brodsky Quartet, Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Lucy Schaufer

    Guests include the Brodsky Quartet, Susan Bullock and Toby Spence plus Lucy Schaufer.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Geomungo Factory, London Soloists' Ensemble

    Sean Rafferty's guests include Korean cult band Geomungo Factory.

  1. 16:30 - 20:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from Leeds Town Hall, Siegfried - Acts 1 and 2

    1/2 Acts 1 and 2 Opera North's production of Wagner's Siegfried at Leeds Town Hall.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Hilliard Ensemble, Nevill Holt Opera

    Sean Rafferty presents live music from the Hilliard Ensemble and Nevill Holt Opera.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Escher String Quartet, Penguin Cafe

    With live music from the Escher String Quartet and Penguin Cafe.

  1. 16:00 - 17:00

    Choral Evensong St Paul's Cathedral

    From St Paul's Cathedral. (R)

17:00

  1. 17:00 - 18:00

    Jazz Record Requests 22/06/2013

    Alyn Shipton's selection of requests includes Chet Baker and Bix Beiderbecke.

  1. 17:00 - 18:30

    The Choir Britten 100

    Paul Spicer explores Britten's choral music. Plus a new work setting William Blake's poems

18:00

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), The Roots of an Enigma

    1/5 Donald Macleod follows Elgar from birth to the brink of his first acknowledged masterpiece

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Cracking the Enigma

    2/5 Donald Macleod focuses on two works: the Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontius.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), A Fat Knight and a New King

    4/5 Donald Macleod learns how Elgar shunned the coronation of King George V.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Edward Elgar (1857-1934), War and Beyond

    5/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Elgar's life during the First World War and beyond.

  1. 18:00 - 20:00

    Opera on 3 George Benjamin's Written on Skin

    From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, George Benjamin's new opera Written on Skin.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Words and Music Temptation

    Texts and music on the theme of temptation. Readings by Emma Fielding and Tom Goodman-Hill

19:00

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert BBC Singers - Voices and Saxophones

    Music for choir and saxophones from the BBC Singers and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert London Symphony Orchestra: A Tribute to Colin Davis

    Live from the London Barbican, a London Symphony Orchestra tribute to Sir Colin Davis.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert CBSO - Lutoslawski, Sibelius

    Simon Hoban introduces the CBSO performing music by Lutoslawski and Sibelius.

  1. 19:30 - 20:30

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture, Piano Concerto No 1

    1/2 BBC SSO in Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture; Piano Concerto No 1.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Concerts, The Final

    2/2 Donald Macleod presents coverage of the final of Cardiff Singer of the World 2013.

20:00

  1. 20:00 - 20:45

    Night Waves Memory, The Wasp Factory, New Generation Thinker Rebecca Steinfeld

    Presented by Philip Dodd. Memory Palace at the V&A, and Iain Banks's The Wasp Factory.

  2. 20:45 - 22:45

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from Leeds Town Hall, Siegfred - Act 3

    2/2 Adam Tomlinson presents Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried from Leeds Town Hall.

  1. 20:30 - 20:50

    Twenty Minutes The Ospreys of Loch Garten

    Writer Rob Cowen travels to the Abernethy Forest in Scotland in search of rare ospreys.

  2. 20:50 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Symphony No 5

    2/2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Titov in Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5.

  1. 20:00 - 22:30

    BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Concerts, Song Prize Final

    1/2 Donald Macleod presents the Song Prize Final: five competitors vying for the lieder title.

21:00
22:00

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves Conor McPherson, 700th anniversary of Boccaccio, David Kynaston, Chris Harding

    Matthew Sweet and David Kynaston discuss Britain in the late 1950s.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Writer's Dickens, Tessa Hadley - Rooms and Reality

    1/5 Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Free Thinking Festival Free Thinking in the Summer, York Festival of Ideas - Wars of the Roses

    Rana Mitter examines the legacy of the War of the Roses from the York Festival of Ideas.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Writer's Dickens, Romesh Gunesekera - The Orphan Eye

    2/5 Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond. (R)

  1. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Writer's Dickens, AL Kennedy - No Hope of Return

    3/5 AL Kennedy explores Dickens' literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves 20/06/2013

    Anne McElvoy presents the arts and ideas programme.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Writer's Dickens, Alexander McCall Smith - Episodic Writing

    4/5 Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    The Verb 21/06/2013

    Ian McMillan presents the cabaret of the word, with guests Fred D'Aguiar and Rosie Garland

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Writer's Dickens, Justin Cartwright - Christmas

    5/5 Justin Cartwright reflects on the place that Christmas occupies in Charles Dickens's work. (R)

  1. 22:30 - 00:00

    Hear and Now 22/06/2013

    Ivan Hewett introduces music by Elisabeth Lutyens, Priaulx Rainier and Robin Holloway.

  1. 22:00 - 23:00

    World Routes CD Review, Los Desterrados in Session

    Lucy Duran presents a review of new world music CDs and a session with Los Desterrados.

23:00

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Jazz on 3 Home of the Brave, Chris Sharkey

    Jez Nelson with new music from the Leeds jazz scene: Home of the Brave and Chris Sharkey.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Tuesday - Fiona Talkington

    Fiona Talkington presents music by John Tavener, Steve Lawson and Daniel Berkman.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Wednesday - Fiona Talkington

    Fiona Talkington presents music including Sonny Boy Williamson with the Yardbirds.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Thursday - Fiona Talkington

    Fiona Talkington presents music from Django Bates and violinist Hilary Hahn.

  1. 23:00 - 01:00

    World on 3 Leon Hunt and Skerryvore from the Shetland Folk Festival

    With Mary Ann Kennedy. Including Leon Hunt and Skerryvore from the Shetland Folk Festival.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Jazz Line-Up 23/06/2013

    Kevin LeGendre marks the 40th Anniversary of the death of UK jazz great Tubby Hayes.