BBC Radio 3 Schedule Saturday 17 May 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Mitsuko Uchida: Schoenberg, Beethoven and Brahms
  
  The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Schoenberg's Theme and Variations.
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Morning
1. 06:30
  
  Breakfast—Kickstart your day with the best classical music
  
  Emma Clarke every Saturday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
2. 09:00
  
  Saturday Morning—Sir John Tomlinson chats with Tom Service
  
  Tom Service plays the best classical music alongside the latest stories in the arts world.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  Earlier... with Jools Holland—The pianist and bandleader picks his favourite classical music
  
  Jools is ed by singer Sam Brown, with music by E Bach, Copland and Caroline Shaw.
2. 13:00
  
  Music Matters—Harmony in Neurodiversity, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Watts
  
  Soprano Elizabeth Watts and composer Gavin Higgins explore neurodivergence and music.
3. 14:00
  
  Record Review—Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D.958 in Building a Library with Allyson Devenish and Andrew McGregor
  
  Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D.958
4. 16:00
  
  Sound of Cinema—Joe Hisaishi
  
  Matthew Sweet celebrates the work of Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi
5. 17:00
  
  This Classical Life—Jess Gillam with... Alice Zawadzki
  
  Jess Gillam shares favourite music with vocalist, violinist and pianist Alice Zawadzki.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Opera on 3—Strauss's Salome
  
  Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
2. 20:15
  
  New Generation Artists—Julius Asal and Leonkoro Quartet play Brahms
  
  R3 New Generation Artists play two minor-key masterpieces by Brahms
3. 21:30
  
  Music Planet—Gaelic Psalms in Three Tracks
  
  Lopa Kothari presents three Scottish songs picked by ethnomusicologist s Wilkins.
4. 22:30
  
  New Music Show—Tectonics Glasgow 2/2: Hilda Dianda, Barbara Monk Feldman, Baudouin Oosterlynck
  
  Day Two of Tectonics Glasgow - adventurous new music and specially commissioned work.
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Late
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—French Fancies
  
  The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra under Yi Zhang play Bizet, Debussy, Faure and Franck.

Sunday 18 May 2025

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