Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Poland Night
Celebrating Chopin's birthday and Polish musical culture. Penny Gore presents.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—The best classical music wake-up call
Join Mark Forrest every Sunday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:00
Sunday Morning—Three hours of classical sparkle
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to welcome the first morning of March.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Peter Hamlyn, neurosurgeon
Michael Berkeley's guest is Peter Hamlyn, president of the Brain and Spine Foundation.
13:30
Music Map—Rossini's Thieving Magpie
Sara Mohr-Pietsch collects the musical gems that connect to the overture La Gazza Ladra.
15:00
Choral Evensong—Exeter University
From the University of Exeter Mary Harris Memorial Chapel.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—Ethiopia to Japan and beyond!
Alyn has music from across the globe including artists from Ethiopia, Japan, America.
17:00
The Early Music Show—The Blow Torch
Hannah French visits St Paul's Cathedral in London to explore the legacy of John Blow.
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Evening
18:00
Words and Music—Music and the Mechanical Mind
A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.
19:15
Sunday Feature—Bartok and Us
Nick Mohammed traces the first British encounters with Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.
20:00
Record Review—Dvorak String Quintet Op.97
The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.
21:00
20th Century Radicals—Louis Andriessen: Disrupting the mainstream
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
22:00
Compline—Lent 2
A service of night prayer from the Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, London.
22:30
Night Tracks—Eclectic music for after dark
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30
Unclassified—Resonant Shadows
Elizabeth Alker with brand new music from artists and composers defying genre conventions
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Esmé Quartet: Papa Haydn
The young ensemble plays Haydn, Kui Dong and Schumann in this concert from Barcelona.
