BBC Radio 3 Schedule Thursday 5 June 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Rameau, Handel, Farrenc and Mozart
  
  The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin is ed by soprano Anna Prohaska.
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Morning
1. 06:30
  
  Breakfast—Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong
  
  Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
2. 09:30
  
  Essential Classics—The very best of classical music
  
  Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
1. 13:00
  
  Classical Live—Radio 3 New Generation Artists perform Debussy and Shostakovich
  
  Specially recorded music from concerts from home and abroad.
2. 16:00
  
  Composer of the Week—Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Love and War
  
  4/5 Bizet becomes a soldier. In Act 3 of Carmen, love turns to regret. With Donald Macleod.
3. 17:00
  
  In Tune—Live music and news from the world of classical
  
  Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
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Evening
1. 19:00
  
  Classical Mixtape—Switch up your listening with classical music
  
  Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
2. 19:30
  
  Radio 3 in Concert—Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony from The Hallé in Manchester
  
  Mark Elder conducts Richard Strauss and a world premiere from Huw Watkins.
3. 21:45
  
  The Essay—An Actor's Life - Kenneth Cranham, 4: America
  
  Kenneth Cranham's acting life, in conversation with Neil Dudgeon.
4. 22:00
  
  Night Tracks—Immersive music for moonlight
  
  Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
5. 23:30
  
  'Round Midnight—A crooning number from The Peddlers
  
  Soweto presents an optimistic track from the British jazz soul trio The Peddlers.
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Late
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Storgårds conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
  
  John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

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