BBC Radio 3 schedule 20 - 26 May 2013

Today Calendar
Mon 20 MayToday 21 MayWed 22 MayThu 23 MayFri 24 MaySat 25 MaySun 26 May
00:00

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 20/05/2013

    John Shea presents performances from the Music in Paradise Festival in Poland.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    On air

    Through the Night 21/05/2013

    John Shea presents a concert of Mozart chamber works given in Stockholm.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 22/05/2013

    Sir Mark Elder conducts a production of Fidelio recorded at the Royal Opera House in 2011.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 23/05/2013

    John Shea presents the Liege Philharmonic in concert with pianist Jean-Frederic Neuburger.

  1. 00:30 - 06:30

    Through the Night 24/05/2013

    Pianist Nelson Goerner in a recital of works by Schumann, Mozart and Chopin.

  1. 00:00 - 01:00

    Geoffrey Smith's Jazz Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet

    Geoffrey Smith surveys the great recordings made by the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet.

01:00

  1. 01:00 - 07:00

    Through the Night 25/05/2013

    Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded in locations around Europe.

  1. 01:00 - 07:00

    Through the Night 26/05/2013

    John Shea presents a concert given at the 2011 Proms.

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

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Monday - Petroc Trelawny

    Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 06:30 - 09:00

    Breakfast Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny

    Petroc Trelawny 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 - Clemency Burton-Hill

    Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

  1. 07:00 - 09:00

    Breakfast Sunday - Clemency Burton-Hill

    Clemency Burton-Hill 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 CD Review's Building a Library: Wagner: Tannhauser.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Tuesday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Bantock: The Cyprian Goddess.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Wednesday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 3.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Thursday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite No 1.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Essential Classics Friday - Sarah Walker

    With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Britten: Simple Symphony.

  1. 09:00 - 12:15

    CD Review Building a Library: Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1

    With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1.

  1. 09:00 - 12:00

    Sunday Morning Wagner 200

    Rob Cowan's selection includes some of his favourite music by Wagner.

10:00
11:00
12:00

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Beethoven

    1/5 Donald Macleod explores how Beethoven's music heavily influenced Wagner.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Weber and Bellini

    2/5 Donald Macleod explores Wagner's early love for the operas of Weber and Bellini.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Meyerbeer and Palestrina

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores how Wagner first cherished, then rejected, Meyerbeer's influence.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Liszt

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Wagner and Liszt.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Strauss, Bruckner and Wolf

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores Wagner's influence on Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler and Wolf.

  1. 12:15 - 13:00

    Music Feature The Rite of Spring

    Stephanie Jordan traces the influence of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring on modern dance.

  1. 12:00 - 13:00

    Private Passions Bruce Munro

    Michael Berkeley's guest is artist Bruce Munro, best known for his lighting installations.

13:00

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

    Live from Wigmore Hall, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio perform Previn and Brahms.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich, Joanna MacGregor

    1/4 Pianist Joanna McGregor performs preludes and fugues by Bach and Shostakovich.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich, Lawrence Power, Simon Crawford-Phillips

    2/4 Britten and Shostakovich with Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips at LSO St Luke's.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich, LSO St Luke's (Bach, Britten, Shostakovich): Alban Gerhardt

    3/4 Alban Gerhardt in a solo cello recital, featuring suites by Bach and Britten.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich, Episode 4

    4/4 Katie Derham presents the Brodsky Quartet in music by Bach, Britten and Shostakovich.

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    The Early Music Show Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2013, Imaginarium Ensemble

    1/2 Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert by Imaginarium from the Lufthansa Festival

  1. 13:00 - 14:00

    The Early Music Show Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2013, Episode 2

    2/2 Ensemble La Fenice performs music by Monterverdi, Merula and Etienne Moulinie.

14:00

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 Wagner 200, Episode 1

    1/4 Jonathan Swain presents music by Wagner, Berg, Webern, d'Indy, Bax, Mendelssohn and Weber.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 Wagner 200, Episode 2

    2/4 Katie Derham presents music by Wagner, Sibelius, Berlioz, Schoenberg and Humperdinck.

  1. 14:00 - 15:30

    Afternoon on 3 Wagner 200, Episode 3

    3/4 Katie Derham marks the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth with an excerpt from Parsifal.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 Thursday Opera Matinee, Wagner - The Flying Dutchman

    Katie Derham introduces a Royal Opera House production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.

  1. 14:00 - 16:30

    Afternoon on 3 Wagner 200, Episode 4

    4/4 Katie Derham presents music by Wagner, Franck, Liszt, Debussy and Busoni.

  1. 14:00 - 15:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

    Live from Wigmore Hall, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio perform Previn and Brahms. (R)

  1. 14:00 - 14:45

    Recital Liszt-Wagner

    Pianists Jorge Bolet and Daniel Barenboim play three of Liszt's Wagner transcriptions.

  2. 14:45 - 19:45

    Opera on 3 Wagner 200 - Lohengrin

    Donald Macleod presents a Welsh National Opera production of Wagner's Lohengrin.

15:00

  1. 15:30 - 16:30

    Choral Evensong 22/05/2013

    From the Chapel of New College, Oxford.

  1. 15:00 - 17:00

    Saturday Classics Verdi 200

    Opera singer Robert Lloyd presents an edition devoted to the operas of Verdi.

16:00

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Vasily Petrenko, Henry Goodman

    Sean Rafferty's guests include conductor Vasily Petrenko and actor Henry Goodman.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Christopher Hogwood, Peter Donohoe, Elisabeth Meister

    Guests including Christopher Hogwood, pianist Peter Donohoe and soprano Elisabeth Meister.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Gywneth Jones, Llyr Williams, Rokia Traoré

    Sean Rafferty's guests include soprano Gywneth Jones and pianist Llyr Williams.

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune Trevor Pinnock, Akram Khan, David Pountney

    Sean Rafferty with choreographer Akram Khan, live music from harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock

  1. 16:30 - 18:30

    In Tune John Tomlinson, Gwilym Simcock, Rainer Hersch

    Guests include bass John Tomlinson, pianist Gwilym Simcock and comedian Rainer Hersch.

17:00

  1. 17:00 - 18:00

    Jazz Record Requests 25/05/2013

    Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' requests in all styles of jazz.

18:00

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Beethoven

    1/5 Donald Macleod explores how Beethoven's music heavily influenced Wagner.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Weber and Bellini

    2/5 Donald Macleod explores Wagner's early love for the operas of Weber and Bellini.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Meyerbeer and Palestrina

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores how Wagner first cherished, then rejected, Meyerbeer's influence.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Liszt

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Wagner and Liszt.

  1. 18:30 - 19:30

    Composer of the Week Wagner and His World, Strauss, Bruckner and Wolf

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores Wagner's influence on Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler and Wolf.

  1. 18:00 - 21:30

    Opera on 3 Berg's Lulu

    Louise Fryer presents David Pountney's new production of Alban Berg's opera Lulu.

19:00

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert The Classical Opera Company with Opera Selections

    Classical Opera performs a selection of tales from Ovid by Mozart, Gluck and Haydn.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Juliane Banse, Martin Helmlich - Schubert, Wolf

    Live from the Wigmore Hall, soprano Juliane Banse performs lieder by Schubert and Wolf.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Wagner 200

    A concert commemorating 200 years since Wagner's birth, including Act 3 of Die Walkure.

  1. 19:30 - 20:15

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Helen Grime, Mozart

    1/2 Mark Elder conducts the Halle in music by Helen Grime and Mozart.

  1. 19:30 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert BBC NOW - Strauss, Webern, Mozart

    Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW in music by Strauss, Webern and Mozart.

  1. 19:45 - 20:30

    Sunday Feature A Cultural History of Syphilis

    Writer Sarah Dunant explores the social, cultural and human histories of syphilis.

20:00

  1. 20:15 - 20:35

    Twenty Minutes Are You Sleeping, Brother John

    Peggy Reynolds explores the story of the children's song Frere Jacques.

  2. 20:35 - 22:00

    Radio 3 Live in Concert Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Mahler

    2/2 Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Mahler's Symphony No 1.

  1. 20:30 - 22:00

    Drama on 3 The Go-Between

    LP Hartley's classic novel where a young boy ferries love letters for a woman he worships. (R)

21:00

  1. 21:30 - 22:00

    Between the Ears In Search of the Balinese Scarecrow

    A magical sound journey through Bali - where gamelan music intertwines with nature. (R)

22:00

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves Lee Smolin, Mafia, Not I

    Lee Smolin talks to Samira Ahmed about the way that the laws of physics change over time.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay Wagner's Philosophers, Wagner and German Idealism

    1/5 Roger Scruton explores the philosophical background that influenced the young Wagner.

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves 21/05/2013

    Matthew Sweet talks to American novelist and short story writer James Salter.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay Wagner's Philosophers, Wagner and the Philosophy of Revolution

    2/5 AC Grayling focuses on the crucial years before and after the Dresden uprising of 1849.

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves 22/05/2013

    Khaled Hosseini talks to Rana Mitter about his novel And the Mountains Echoed.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay Wagner's Philosophers, Wagner and Schopenhauer

    3/5 Christopher Janaway explores Wagner's encounter with the philosophy of Schopenhauer.

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    Night Waves Wagner 200

    Anne McElvoy discusses Wagner's relationship with his Jewish collaborators.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay Wagner's Philosophers, Wagner and Nietzsche

    4/5 Michael Tanner explores the relationship between Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche.

  1. 22:00 - 22:45

    The Verb 24/05/2013

    Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word and explores writing about bees.

  2. 22:45 - 23:00

    The Essay Wagner's Philosophers, Wagner and Adorno

    5/5 Professor John Deathridge explores the posthumous reputation of Wagner in the 20th century

  1. 22:00 - 00:00

    Hear and Now Glasgow Tectonics Festival 2013, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Alvin Lucier, Iancu Dumitrescu

    2/3 From the 2013 Tectonics Festival: Chiyoko Szlavnics, Alvin Lucier and Iancu Dumitrescu.

  1. 22:00 - 23:00

    World Routes Equatorial Guinea, Episode 2

    2/2 Lucy Duran visits Equatorial Guinea to hear the music of Annobonese singer Desmali.

23:00

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Jazz on 3 Ravi Coltrane Quintet

    Jez Nelson presents saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and quintet at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Tuesday - Fiona Talkington

    Fiona Talkington with music from Hanna Tuulikki, Eric Schaefer and Bob Brozman.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Wednesday - Fiona Talkington

    Fiona Talkington's selection features highlights from the Tectonics festival in Glasgow.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Late Junction Thursday - Fiona Talkington

    Fiona Talkington is joined by BBC Radio 6 Music's Stuart Maconie.

  1. 23:00 - 01:00

    World on 3 Loudon Wainwright III in Session

    Lopa Kothari presents new world music and a studio session with Loudon Wainwright III.

  1. 23:00 - 00:30

    Jazz Line-Up Mark Lockheart's Ellington In Anticipation Project

    Claire Martin presents concert music by Mark Lockheart's Ellington In Anticipation project