The UK's leading broadcaster of live and specially recorded classical music, BBC Radio 3 sets the standard for cultural broadcasters around the globe.
The network features music from across the range of the classical repertory, jazz, new music, traditional music from around the world and experimental music from the lunatic fringe of contemporary rock, classic and experimental drama, poetry, cultural debate, documentaries, features and new writing.
Radio 3 grew out of the BBC Third Programme, founded in 1946, and the Music Programme of the Sixties. It remains firmly rooted in this tradition of excellence and innovation. While recent developments include a concerted attempt to reach out to the whole audience for classical music, the range and ambition of programmes remain the envy of the world.
Our challenge is to make sure this astonishing range of material reaches everyone, expert or novice, who wants to discover more. We want Radio 3 to be an inspiration and an education, enjoyable, stimulating, popular and challenging.
1.00 Martinu: Frescoes of Piero della Francesca. Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava/Robert Stankovsky. 1.22 Lehar: Overture (Zigeunerliebe). Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra/Franz Lehar. 1.31 J Strauss II, arr Schoenberg: Kaiser-Walzer, Op 437. Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian. 1.43 Kalman: Aria: Two lovely eyes (The Circus Princess). Gyorgy Korondy (tenor), Hungarian Radio Orchestra/Tamas Brody. 1.50 Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35. James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey. 2.15 Schoenberg: Piano Suite, Op 25. Shai Wosner (piano). 2.30 Rachmaninov, ed Kreisler: Two Songs. Fredrik Zetterstrom (baritone), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilstrom (piano). 2.39 Stravinsky: Dances Concertantes for chamber orchestra. Polish Radio Orchestra Warsaw/Krzystzof Slowinski. 3.01 Stravinsky: Pulcinella. Lynne Dawson (soprano), Rolando Villazon (tenor), Denis Sedov (baritone), Radio France Philharmonic/Marc Minkowski. 3.38 Stradella: Sara ver ch'io mai disciolga. Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Alan Wilson (harpsichord), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Fulmini quanto sa/Anthony Rooley (lute). 3.49 Cavalli: Sonata a 8. Concerto Palatino. 3.54 Boccherini: Concerto in E flat for harpsichord and orchestra, G487. Eckart Sellheim (fortepiano), Collegium Aureum/Franzjosef Meier. 4.10 Kyurkchiiski: A Little Bird is Singing. Koutev: Dragana and the Nightingale. Sofia Chamber Choir/Vassil Arnaudov. 4.17 Farkas: Five Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet. Tae-Won Kim (flute), Hyong-Sup Kim, Pil-Kwan Sung (oboes), Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet), Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon). 4.27 Bartok, arr Willner: Romanian folk dances, Sz 56. I Cameristi Italiani. 4.35 Ipavec: Maria the Gypsy. Ana Pusar Jeric (soprano), Natasa Valant (piano). 4.39 Rachmaninov: Caprice bohemien, Op 12. Queensland Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Verbitsky. 5.01 Mendelssohn: Overture (Ruy Blas), Op 95. Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/Hiroyuki Iwaki. 5.09 Purcell: Timon of Athens, the man-hater - incidental music, Z632. Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher (soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott (tenor), Michael George, Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. 5.31 Sullivan: The Tempest - incidental music, Op 1. BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox. 5.59 Martin, text: William Shakespeare: Five Songs of Ariel for 16 voices. Myra Kroese (contralto), Netherlands Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste. 6.11 Bloch: Suite No 1 for cello solo. Esther Nyffenegger (cello). 6.21 Lithander: Divertimento No 1 for flute and fortepiano. Mikael Helasvuo (period flute), Tuija Hakkila (fortepiano). 6.30 Handel: Trio Sonata in G minor, Op 2 No 5. Musica Alta Ripa. 6.41 Haydn: Symphony No 38 in C, H I 38 (Echo). Danish Radio Sinfonietta-DR/Rinaldo Alessandrini.
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