BBC Radio 3 Schedule Wednesday 14 May 2025

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Esa-Pekka Salonen's 'kínēma' and Sibelius's Second Symphony
  
  The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs works by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Sibelius.
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Morning
1. 06:30
  
  Breakfast—Start the day with classical music
  
  Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
2. 09:30
  
  Essential Classics—Your perfect classical playlist
  
  Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
1. 13:00
  
  Classical Live—Ades, Ravel and Respighi live from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  
  Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond.
2. 15:00
  
  Choral Evensong—Trinity College, Cambridge
  
  Live from the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
3. 16:00
  
  Composer of the Week—Max Bruch (1838-1920), Love and Liverpool
  
  3/5 Donald Macleod follows Bruch as he grapples with a new life chapter on British shores.
4. 17:00
  
  In Tune—Wind down from the day with classical
  
  Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
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Evening
1. 19:00
  
  Classical Mixtape—Music for Solitariness
  
  Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
2. 19:30
  
  Radio 3 in Concert—Budapest Festival Orchestra
  
  Brahms' Piano Concerto No 2 and Symphony No 2
3. 21:45
  
  The Essay—The Song Detectorists, 3. Cornwall
  
  Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
4. 22:00
  
  Night Tracks—Sublime sounds for nightfall
  
  Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
5. 23:30
  
  'Round Midnight—Fresh Josephine Davies
  
  New music from the saxophonist's group Satori
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Late
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Gershwin's Piano Concerto and Dvořák's 'New World' Symphony
  
  Pietari Inkinen conducts the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Dvořák and Gershwin

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