BBC Music Magazine

TV & Radio

OCTOBER’S RADIO 3 LISTINGS

 Schedules may be subject to alteration. For up-to-date listings see Radio Times

1 THURSDAY

6.30-9am Breakfast

9am-12 noon Essential Classics

12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Fauré

1-2pm Lunchtime Concert

2-5pm Afternoon Concert

5-7pm In Tune

7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape

7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert

10-10.45pm Free Thinking

10.45-11pm The Essay

11-11.30pm Night Tracks An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, spanning classical and contemporary music

11.30pm-12.30am Unclassified Elizabeth Alker explores music that defies classification

2 FRIDAY

6.30-9am Breakfast

9am-12 noon Essential Classics

12 noon-1pm Composer of the Week Fauré

1-2pm Lunchtime Concert

2-5pm Afternoon Concert

5-7pm In Tune

7-7.30pm In Tune Mixtape

7.30-10pm Radio 3 in Concert

10-10.45pm The Verb

10.45-11pm The Essay

11pm-1am Late Junction

3 SATURDAY

7-9am Breakfast

9-11.45am Record Review

11.45am-12.30pm Music Matters

12.30-1pm This Classical Life Saxophonist Jess Gillam talks to young musicians about the music they love

1-3pm Inside Music

3-4pm Sound of Cinema

4-5pm Music Planet

The best of jazz from today and throughout history

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from BBC Music Magazine

BBC Music Magazine2 min read
To The Power Of Four
Elizabeth Maconchy’s 13 string quartets belong at the centre of our musical lives. They should be at the heart of every string quartet’s repertoire, and at the core of concert hall promotion. They are musical experiences that we listeners need in our
BBC Music Magazine2 min readWorld
TANEYEV Life&Times
LIFE: Sergei Taneyev is born on 25 November in the Russian city of Vladimir. He begins piano lessons at five, and at nine enters the Moscow Conservatory. TIMES: The Treaty of Paris is signed between Russia and France, Britain and the Ottoman Empire,
BBC Music Magazine9 min read
Debonair Bach With Gallic Charm
The Complete Cello Suites Henri Demarquette (cello) Evidence EVCD115 131:00 mins (2 discs) Best-known for his performances of contemporary music, French cellist Henri Demarquette has also spent a lifetime with Bach, having played the Cello Suites sin

Related Books & Audiobooks