BBC Radio 3 - Schedules, 23 - 29 May 2022 (2024)

NAO and Megan Jayne Crabbe on how meditation helps the ups and downs of body confidence.

Through the Night—Stravinsky and Rachmaninov

Stravinsky and Rachmaninov from Norway. Catriona Young presents.

Through the Night—Bulgarian Culture and Cyrillic Day

Celebrating the Day of Bulgarian Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture.

Through the Night—Iván Fischer at 70

Hungarian Radio celebrates the founder of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Through the Night—Collegium Vocale Gent

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Faure, Brahms and Stravinsky. Presented by Catriona Young.

Through the Night—Franz Schreker and Claude Debussy

Heinz Holliger conducts the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Presented by Catriona Young.

Freeness—Meditative States

Corey Mwamba presents the best in new improvised music

Through the Night—A Summer Prelude

Osmo Vanska conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Coleridge-Taylor, Vanska and Weill.

Gameplay with Baby Queen—Journey to Japan with the best animé game soundtracks

Baby Queen mixes an animé playlist, with music from Dragon Ball Z and Astral Chain.

Through the Night—Music for trumpet and piano

20th- and 21st-century works by Ravel, Gershwin and Missy Mazzoli.

Breakfast—Monday - Petroc's classical mix

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

Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc's classical rise and shine

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

Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical picks

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

Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical commute

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, including the Friday poem.

Breakfast—28/05/2022

Elizabeth Alker sets up your Saturday morning.

Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

Essential Classics—Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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.

Record Review—Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor

Jonathan Cross chooses a favourite recording of Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements.

Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with an energising musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Music Matters—Freddie De Tommaso, Andre J Thomas

Tom Service talks to tenor Freddie De Tommaso and choral director André J Thomas.

Composer of the Week—Vaughan Williams Today, 1948-1951 Nostalgia for Spring

16/20 Vaughan Williams, now in his mid-70s, begins to feel his age. Donald Macleod presents.

Composer of the Week—Vaughan Williams Today, Ralph, Adeline and Ursula with Ceri Owen

17/20 Donald Macleod and Ceri Owen offer a fresh perspective on Vaughan Williams’s two wives.

Composer of the Week—Vaughan Williams Today, 1951-1954 - Celebrations

18/20 Vaughan Williams celebrates his eightieth birthday. Donald Macleod presents.

Composer of the Week—Vaughan Williams Today, 1955-58 : The End

19/20 Donald Macleod explores the final, happy years of Vaughan Williams’s life.

Composer of the Week—Vaughan Williams Today, Legacy with Alain Frogley

20/20 Donald Macleod and Alain Frogley explore changing attitudes to Vaughan Williams’ music.

This Classical Life—Jess Gillam with... Elsa Bradley

Jess Gillam and percussionist Elsa Bradley chat about the music they love. (R)

Private Passions—Jarvis co*cker

Michael Berkeley’s guest is musician Jarvis co*cker.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Catriona Morison - Sea Pictures

Live from Wigmore Hall: Catriona Morison sings Brahms, Schumann and Elgar's Sea Pictures.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Music Festival 2018, Cassadó, Mozart and Saint-Saëns

Cassadó, Mozart's String Quartet, K575, and Saint-Saëns's Septet, performed in Cheltenham. (R)

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Music Festival 2018, Janáček, Charlier and Liszt

Janáček, Charlier and Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor from the 2018 Cheltenham Festival. (R)

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Music Festival 2018, Chopin, Antheil, Haydn, Strauss

Chopin's Ballade no 1, Antheil, Haydn and Strauss's Capriccio Sextet in Cheltenham. (R)

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Music Festival 2018, Liszt and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence

Liszt's Fantasy Themes from Mozart's operas and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence.

Inside Music—Accordionist Ksenija Sidorova with powerful melodies and musical embraces

Hear accordionist Ksenija Sidorova open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Catriona Morison - Sea Pictures

Live from Wigmore Hall: Catriona Morison sings Brahms, Schumann and Elgar's Sea Pictures. (R)

Afternoon Concert—Monday - Pablo González conducts Brahms

Performances with a Spanish flavour, including the RTVE Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms.

Afternoon Concert—Tuesday - El Amor Brujo with Esperanza Fernández

The RTVE Symphony Orchestra perform music by Falla and Shostakovich.

Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony in Spain

Pablo González conducts the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Yeol Eum Son performs Ravel.

Afternoon Concert—Thursday - BBC Philharmonic LIVE

The BBC Philharmonic, live in concert, perform music by Schumann, Julia Perry and Chopin.

Afternoon Concert—Friday - Woyrsch's First Symphony

The RTVE Symphony Orchestra perform a rarely heard symphony by Felix Woyrsch.

The Early Music Show—Thoinot Arbeau's Orchesographie

An exploration of Thoinot Arbeau's 16th-century dancing manual Orchesographie.

Sound of Cinema—Wings

Matthew turns his thoughts to film music that explores our sky-borne aspirations.

Choral Evensong—St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on the Eve of the Ascension. (R)

New Generation Artists—Johan Dalene plays Arvo Part

Mezzo Helen Charlston sings Purcell and guitarist Rob Luft plays Thelonius Monk.

Choral Evensong—St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on the Eve of the Ascension.

The Listening Service—Can music be funny?

Tom Service on the art of classical music comedy. And it's not necessarily about timing. (R)

Music Planet—Adrian Quesada

Lopa Kothari talks to US musician Adrian Quesada about his new album Boleros Psicodélicos.

Jazz Record Requests—New discoveries and evergreen classics

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

In Tune—SeokJong Baek, Andrew Carwood, Danny Driver

Sean Rafferty is joined by SeokJong Baek, Danny Driver and Andrew Carwood.

In Tune—Marc-André Hamelin

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin is Sean Rafferty's special guest.

In Tune—Guy Johnston and Melvyn Tan, Hakan Hardenberger, Sound Voice Project

Sean Rafferty is joined by performers from the Sound Voice Project.

In Tune—Ivana Gavric and Ana de la Vega

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

In Tune—Brodsky Quartet, Joe Stilgoe

The Brodsky Quartet perform live as they celebrate their fiftieth anniversary.

J to Z—Robert Glasper's inspirations, plus Zoe Rahman in session

Robert Glasper shares music that inspires him. Plus pianist Zoe Rahman in session.

The Listening Service—Talking in music

Tom Service explores talking in music - from 'sprechgesang' to rap. (R)

Words and Music—Secrets and Discoveries

Hidden messages, secret loves and journeys of discovery in poetry, prose and music.

Opera on 3—Harrison Birtwistle - Gawain

The BBC SO and Singers, John Tomlinson and Leigh Melrose perform Birtwistle's Gawain.

Between the Ears—The Lark Descending

Vaughan Williams's most famous piece reworked and reimagined in music and field recordings

Classical Mixtape—Power through with classical music

Schumann sleeps and Pushkin wakes up in today's In Tune’s Mixtape (R)

Radio 3 in Concert—Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The Stockholm Philharmonic in Stenhammar, Saint-Saëns, Hannah Kendall and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Classical Mixtape—Classical music for focus or relaxation

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

Radio 3 in Concert—Handel, Vivaldi and Bach from Arcangelo

Arcangelo, Carolyn Sampson and Tim Mead in Handel, Vivaldi and Bach at Wigmore Hall

Classical Mixtape—The perfect classical half hour

Amina Alaoui sings fado, there's tragic music from Verdi and upbeat music from Bach. (R)

Radio 3 in Concert—The Wooden Prince

Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in Bartók's most colourful ballet score.

Classical Mixtape—Switch up your listening with classical music

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

Radio 3 in Concert—Running Riot with the National Youth Orchestra

The National Youth Orchestra perform Stravinsky at the Royal Festival Hall.

Classical Mixtape—The eclectic classical mix

A Galop by Delibes and a Cool Wind from Armenia, plus music by Weber and Augusta Holmes.

Radio 3 in Concert—Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner, Baker and Rachmaninov.

Sunday Feature—Dylan and the Ferry

Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates the story behind an iconic image of Bob Dylan.

Drama on 3—Iphigenia in Crimea

Tony Harrison's most recent play imagines Crimean War soldiers staging Euripides's play.

Record Review Extra—Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements

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

Music Matters—Michael Tilson Thomas, Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers

Kate Molleson visits Glyndebourne Festival Opera to hear about Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers. (R)

The Essay—Adrian Edmondson - Signs of Life (Series 2), Creativity

1/5 Adrian Edmonson reflects on what went wrong with the highly successful sitcom Bottom.

Free Thinking—The continuing appeal of Tudor history

Philippa Gregory, Nandini Das, Susan Doran and Adam Roberts with Matthew Sweet. (R)

The Essay—Adrian Edmondson - Signs of Life (Series 2), Money

2/5 How Adrian Edmondson tricked the bank, ran away from school and almost got expelled.

Free Thinking—The Tudor Mind

Donne, Hamlet, mathematics and the Tudor portraits composed by Vaughan Williams.

The Essay—Adrian Edmondson - Signs of Life (Series 2), Nuts

3/5 Five reflections on his life by comedian, actor and writer, Adrian Edmondson.

Free Thinking—Tudor families

Tangled bloodlines, executions and a big, gold inflatable thing belonging to Henry VIII.

The Essay—Adrian Edmondson - Signs of Life (Series 2), Fandom

4/5 Adrian Edmondson ponders the nature of being a fan and the object of others' recognition.

The Verb—The Queen's Library, Windsor Castle

Ian McMillan with Simon Armitage, Grace Nichols, Stella Panayotova and Theresa Lola.

The Essay—Adrian Edmondson - Signs of Life (Series 2), The Jacobite Rebellion

5/5 Adrian compares battles on tour with Bonnie Prince Charlie’s flight across the country.

New Music Show—Iannis Xenakis; Amber Priestley; David Lang

The latest in new music performance.

Night Tracks—Music for the evening

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a mix of music for late-night listening.

Night Tracks—Dissolve into sound

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

Night Tracks—The music garden

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

The Night Tracks Mix—Music for late-night listening

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.

Unclassified—Folk-inspired escapism

Elizabeth Alker serves up an hour of folk-inspired electronics and ambience.

Late Junction—Sarah Angliss and Stick in the Wheel in session

Two artists come together to respond to the work of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Slow Radio—Very High Frequency Between Gravesend and Greenhithe

The sounds of a small boat on the tidal Thames and the calls on its two-way radio.