Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—05/05/2012
Jonathan Swain with music from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under François Leleux.
- Back to top
Morning
07:00
Radio 3 Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
CD Review—Building a Library: Korngold: Violin Concerto
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Korngold: Violin Concerto.
- Back to top
Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—Carousel, Jussi Bjorling and Pauline Oliveros
Tom Service learns about a new production of Carousel at Opera North.
13:00
The Early Music Show—Gainsborough's Georgian England
Catherine Bott explores some of Thomas Gainsborough's portraits of musicians.(R)
14:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Christoph Pregardien, Christoph Schnackertz
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) and Christoph Schnackertz (piano) in Wolf, Liszt and Mahler.(R)
15:00
Saturday Classics—James Jolly: Paavo Berglund
James Jolly explores the legacy and recordings of the Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund.
16:30
Jazz Record Requests—05/05/2012
Alyn Shipton takes over as presenter of Radio 3's long-running programme of jazz requests.
17:30
Opera on 3—Live from the Met, Janacek's The Makropoulos Case
Jiri Belohlavek conducts a performance of Janacek's opera The Makropoulos Case.
- Back to top
Evening
20:30
Opera on 3—Jonathan Harvey's Wagner Dream
Jonathan Harvey's fantasy opera, based on sketches left by Wagner.
22:30
Hear and Now—Embedded, Episode 1
1/2Ivan Hewett presents the BBC SO in music by Jack White, Linda Buckley and Richard Causton.
- Back to top
Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Bending the Notes
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the pleasures of jazz, surveying the art of 'bending notes'.
01:00
Through the Night—06/05/2012
Stephen Hough in a performance of Saint-Saens's Fifth Piano Concerto from the 2011 Proms.
