BBC Music Magazine

TV&Radio

JANUARY’S RADIO 3 LISTINGS

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

1 SATURDAY

7-9am Breakfast

9-11.45am Record Review

11.45am-12.30pm Music Matters

12.30-1pm This Classical Life

1-3pm Inside Music

3-4pm Sound of Cinema

4-5pm Music Planet

5-6.30pm J to Z

6.30-10pm Opera on 3 from the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Wagner Tristan und Isolde. Stuart Skelton (Tristan), Nina Stemme (soprano), Franz-Josef Selig (King Mark), Josef Wagner (Kurwenal), Jamie Barton (Brangäne), Dominic Sedgwick (Melot), Linard Vrielink (Young Sailor/Shepherd), Ivan Thirion (Steersman), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle

10pm-12 midnight New Year New Music Radio 3 presenters select their favourite pieces of contemporary music. Choices range from Anna Meredith′s electronic nocturne moonmoons to a Malian harp melody arranged by Toumani Diabate, via an arrangement of Abba’s ‘Lay All Your Love on Me’ by Caroline Shaw

12 midnight-1am Freeness

2 SUNDAY

7-9am Breakfast

9am-12 noon Sunday Morning

12 noon-1pm Private Passions Meg Rosoff (writer)

1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt)

2-3pm The Early Music Show

3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt)

4-5pm Jazz Record Requests

5-5.30pm The Listening Service

5.30-6.45pm Words and Music

Tchaikovsky’s trip to visit a Russian Orthodox Monastery

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

More from BBC Music Magazine

BBC Music Magazine3 min read
The BBC Music Magazine PRIZE CROSSWORD NO. 398
The first correct solution of our crossword picked at random will win a copy of The Oxford Companion to Music. A runner-up will win Who Knew? Answers to Questions about Classical Music ( seeoup.co.uk). Send answers to: BBC Music Magazine, Crossword 3
BBC Music Magazine9 min read
Evocative Debussy And Spellbinding Stravinsky
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version); Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Orchestre de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä Decca 4870146 64 mins Few ballet scores manage to encapsulate such a varied and arresting range of emotions as Petrushka. But the s
BBC Music Magazine1 min read
This Month’s Contributors
Writer and musicologist ‘It was a total thrill to interview Errollyn Wallen for this month’s issue. Our conversation ranged from cantatas to poetry to BBC Question Time to cake (for breakfast), and was a delight from start to finish.’ Page 26 Writer

Related Books & Audiobooks