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Monday - Sarah Walker

Essential Classics With Sarah Walker. Including Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (excerpt).

BBC Radio 3 schedule Week 22, 28 May - 3 June 2012

Grid containing the BBC Radio 3 schedule for Week 22, 28 May - 3 June 2012. Columns are the days of the week and rows are the hours in the day.
Hour Monday 28 May 2012 Tuesday 29 May 2012 Wednesday 30 May 2012 Thursday 31 May 2012 Friday 1 Jun 2012 Saturday 2 Jun 2012 Sunday 3 Jun 2012
00:00
  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 28/05/2012

    Susan Sharpe's selection includes a concert in tribute to Pablo Casals.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 29/05/2012

    Susan Sharpe presents Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing music by Haydn and Mozart.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 30/05/2012

    The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 31/05/2012

    Susan Sharpe presents a programme of Ukrainian Orthodox choral music.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 01/06/2012

    Susan Sharpe presents a concert given by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.

  1. 00:00 - 01:00

    Geoffrey Smith's Jazz Jimmie Lunceford

    Geoffrey Smith surveys the greatest hits of bandleader Jimmie Lunceford.

01:00
  1. 01:00 - 07:00

    Through the Night 02/06/2012

    Susan Sharpe presents a recital of early organ music given by Andrea Marcon.

  1. 01:00 - 07:00

    Through the Night 03/06/2012

    From the 2011 Proms: Maria Joao Pires performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No 27.

02:00
03:00
04:00
05:00
06:00
  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Monday - Ian Skelly

    Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Tuesday - Ian Skelly

    Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny

    Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Thursday - Petroc Trelawny

    Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Friday - Petroc Trelawny

    Petroc Trelawny 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 Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (excerpt).

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Tuesday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Wednesday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Falla: El amor brujo.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Thursday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Schoenberg. Verklarte Nacht.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Friday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Essential Choice: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excpts).

  1. 09:00 - 12:15

    CD Review Building a Library: Wolf: Spanish Songbook

    With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Wolf: Spanish Songbook.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Sunday Morning Rob Cowan

    Rob Cowan's selection includes a performance by guitarist Andras Segovia.

10:00
11:00
12:00
  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Alexander's Ragtime Band

    1/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Berlin's first successes as a composer of hit songs.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Always

    2/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Irving Berlin's experience of the First World War.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Nothing But Blue Skies from Now On

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's contribution to Hollywood musicals in the 1930s.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), God Bless America

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's songs from the 1940s, including White Christmas.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), The Song Is Ended

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's final years.

  1. 12:15 - 13:00

    Music Matters The Thames, Xenakis

    Suzy Klein investigates the world of composer Iannis Xenakis.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Private Passions Carol Ann Duffy

    Michael Berkeley's guest is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

13:00
  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

    Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays music by Liszt and Debussy at Wigmore Hall, London.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Festival 2012, Leonard Elschenbroich, Alexei Grynyuk

    1/4 Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and Alexei Grynyuk (piano) perform Beethoven and Debussy.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Festival 2012, Jonathan Lemalu

    2/4 Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) and Mike Hampton (piano) in Schubert: Schwanengesang.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Festival 2012, Igor Levit

    3/4 Pianist Igor Levit performs Beethoven's Diabelli Variation at the 2011 Hay Festival.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Festival 2012, Elias Quartet, Xuefei Yang

    4/4 The Elias Quartet and guitarist Xuefei Yang in a recital given at the 2011 Hay Festival.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    The Early Music Show Beverley at 25

    Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert given by Grand Desir at Beverley Minster.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    The Early Music Show Early Music in the '50s

    Catherine Bott explores the early music movement in Britain in the 1950s.

14:00
  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 1

    1/4 With Louise Fryer. BBC SSO under Donald Runnicles in Golijov, Mozart, Bruckner, Debussy.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 2

    2/4 Louise Fryer presents the BBC SSO in music by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth and Glanert.

  1. 14:00 - 15:30

    Afternoon on 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 3

    3/4 Nicholas Collon leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Strauss and Glass.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 Thursday Opera Matinee, Debussy - Teseo

    Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Teseo.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 4

    4/4 Acts 4 and 5 of Handel's opera Teseo. Plus BBC SSO in music by Weill and Schoenberg.

  1. 14:00 - 15:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

    Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays music by Liszt and Debussy at Wigmore Hall, London. (R)

  1. 14:00 - 16:00

    Sunday Concert Stephen Hough - Beethoven, Liszt, Scriabin

    Pianist Stephen Hough plays sonatas by Beethoven, Liszt and Scriabin.

15:00
  1. 15:30 - 16:30

    Choral Evensong New College, Oxford

    From the Chapel of New College, Oxford.

  1. 15:00 - 17:00

    Saturday Classics Lucy Worsley

    Historian Lucy Worsley presents a selection of music for the royal diamond jubilee.

16:00
  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Monday - Sean Rafferty

    Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including the Vienna Piano Trio performing in the studio.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Tuesday - Sean Rafferty

    Sean Rafferty presents guests from the arts world including director Jeremy Sams.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Wednesday - Sean Rafferty

    Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including music from the King's Singers.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Thursday - Sean Rafferty

    Sean Rafferty presents music from the David Rees-Williams Trio.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Friday - Sean Rafferty

    Sean Rafferty presents a special diamond jubilee-themed edition.

  1. 16:00 - 17:00

    Choral Evensong New College, Oxford

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

17:00
  1. 17:00 - 18:00

    Jazz Record Requests 02/06/2012

    Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

  1. 17:00 - 18:30

    The Choir 03/06/2012

    Aled Jones presents the programme exploring all things choral.

18:00
  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Alexander's Ragtime Band

    1/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Berlin's first successes as a composer of hit songs.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Always

    2/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Irving Berlin's experience of the First World War.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Nothing But Blue Skies from Now On

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's contribution to Hollywood musicals in the 1930s.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), God Bless America

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's songs from the 1940s, including White Christmas.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Irving Berlin (1888-1989), The Song Is Ended

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's final years.

  1. 18:00 - 21:30

    Opera on 3 Dvorak's Rusalka

    From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Louise Fryer presents Dvorak's Rusalka.

  1. 18:30 - 19:45

    Words and Music All Aboard!

    Words and music on the theme of boats. Readings by Anne-Marie Duff and Jonathan Keeble.

19:00
  1. 19:30 - 20:25

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Venice Baroque - L'Olimpiade

    1/2 Andrew McGregor presents a performance of the Act 1 of the opera L'Olimpiade.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert The English Concert - Handel, Purcell

    Harry Bicket and the English Concert perform Handel and Purcell at Wigmore Hall, London.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Coventry Cathedral 50th Anniversary

    The CBSO perform Britten's War Requiem from Coventry Cathedral on its 50th anniversary.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Philharmonia - Janacek, Dvorak, Mozart

    The Philharmonia Orchestra performs music by Janacek, Dvorak and Mozart.

  1. 19:30 - 20:20

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from Dorchester Abbey, Parry, Curtis, Ireland

    1/2 Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in music by Parry, Curtis and Ireland.

  1. 19:45 - 20:30

    Sunday Feature Suspended in Air

    Neuroscientist and writer David Eagleman explores the work of Italo Calvino.

20:00
  1. 20:25 - 20:45

    Twenty Minutes Arne's Olympic Flop

    Piers Burton-Page tells the story of Thomas Arne's lost opera L'Olimpiade.

  2. 20:45 - 22:15

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, L'Olimpiade - Act 3

    2/2 Andrew McGregor presents Acts 2 and 3 of L'Olimpiade, with a libretto by Metastasio.

  1. 20:20 - 20:40

    Discovering Music Moeran's Symphony No 2

    Conductor Martin Yates joins Stephen Johnson to discuss EJ Moeran's Second Symphony.

  2. 20:40 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from Dorchester Abbey, Vaughan Williams, Moeran

    2/2 BBC CO/Martin Yates in Vaughan Williams: Piano Fantasia. Moeran: Symphony No 2 (premiere).

  1. 20:30 - 22:00

    Drama on 3 Tennyson and Edison

    David Pownell's play about a deal between Thomas Edison and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

21:00
  1. 21:30 - 22:00

    Between the Ears Invisible Cities

    Documentary revealing hidden, fantastical, heartbreaking and surreal stories in cities.

22:00
  1. 22:15 - 22:45

    Night Waves 28/05/2012

    Matthew Sweet discusses Ken Loach's new film The Angel's Share.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel, The World

    1/5 James Wood on the novelistic technique of having characters walking along city streets. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves John Irving

    Writer John Irving talks to Rana Mitter about his new novel In One Person.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel, Thought

    2/5 James Wood explores how thought has been represented on the printed page over the years. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves Antigone

    Philip Dodd discusses a new National Theatre production of Sophocles's tragedy Antigone.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel, Speech

    3/5 Critic James Wood explores what writers do with dialogue in novels. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

    Anne McElvoy visits the Serpentine Gallery's new pavilion in London.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    The Verb Jackie Kay, Jean Sprackland, Jane Feaver, Tom McRae

    Ian McMillan's guests include Jackie Kay, Jean Sprackland, Jane Feaver and Tom McRae.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel, Death

    5/5 Critic James Wood explores how the novel deals with death. (R)

  1. 22:00 - 22:30

    Pre-Hear Brett Dean - Voice of Angels

    Brett Dean's piano quintet Voices of Angels, given at the BBCSO's Total Immersion events.

  2. 22:30 - 00:00

    Hear and Now Arditti Quartet - Sounds New Festival 2012

    A performance given by the Arditti Quartet at the 2012 Sounds New festival in Canterbury.

  1. 22:00 - 23:00

    World Routes The Imagined Village

    A concert given at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall by The Imagined Village.

23:00
  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Jazz on 3 Bill Frisell at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival

    Jez Nelson presents guitarist Bill Frisell and his Beautiful Dreamers Trio in concert.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Tuesday - Verity Sharp

    Verity Sharp presents music from the Mountain Music Project, Amon Tobin and Garth Knox.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Wednesday - Verity Sharp

    Verity Sharp's selection includes music from Djelemady Tounkara and the Gabrieli Consort.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Late Junction Sessions, Carlos Ivan Medina, Wilson Cifuentes

    Verity Sharp presents music from the Congo and Mexico and a session recorded in Colombia.

  1. 23:00 - 01:00

    World on 3 Lopa Kothari

    Lopa Kothari presents new world music and a studio session by Cypriot group Trio Tekke.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Jazz Line-Up BBC Big Band - Perth Concert Hall

    Claire Martin presents the BBC Big Band under Barry Forgie playing at Perth Concert Hall.

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