April’s radio 3 listings

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Schedules may be subject to alteration. For up-to-date listings see BBC Sounds and iPlayer

State of play in the UK: musicians including Chi-chi Nwanoku talk to Richard Morrison

1 MONDAY

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-2pm Live from Wigmore Hall 2-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week

Mozart

5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm The Classical Mixtape 7.30-9.45pm Radio 3 In Concert from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Mozart Symphony No. 29, R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra. BBC Philharmonic/ Leslie Suganandarajah 9.45-10pm The Essay Cultural Earthquakes that Reset the Landscape 10-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am ‘Round Midnight

2 TUESDAY

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week

Mozart

5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm The Classical Mixtape 7.30-9.45pm Radio 3 In Concert from Wigmore Hall. Schubert Piano Sonata D958, D959 & D960. Paul Lewis (piano) 9.45-10pm The Essay Cultural Earthquakes that Reset the Landscape 10-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am ‘Round Midnight

3 WEDNESDAY

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-3pm Classical Live 3-4pm Choral Evensong 4-5pm Composer of the Week

Mozart

5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm The Classical Mixtape 7.30-9.45pm Radio 3 In Concert from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Works by Takemitsu, Kikuko Kanai, Liszt & Dvořák. Iyad Sughayer (piano), BBC NOW/Nodoka Okisawa 9.45-10pm The Essay Cultural

Earthquakes that Reset the Landscape

10-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am ‘Round Midnight

4 THURSDAY

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week

Mozart

5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm The Classical Mixtape 7.30-9.45pm Radio 3 In Concert from Barbican. Rautavaara A Requiem in Our Time, Aulis Sallinen Mauermusik, Brahms A German Requiem. Anu Komsi (sop), Christian Senn (bar), BBC SO & Chorus/Sakari Oramo 9.45-10pm The Essay Cultural Earthquakes that Reset the Landscape 10-11.30pm Night Tracks 11.30pm-12.30am ‘Round Midnight

5 FRIDAY

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week

Mozart

5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm The Classical Mixtape 7.30-9.45pm Friday Night is Music Night 9.45-10pm The Essay Cultural Earthquakes that Reset the Landscape 10-11.30pm Late Junction 11.30pm-12.30am ‘Round Midnight

6 SATURDAY

6.30-9am Saturday Breakfast 9am-12 noon Saturday Morning CHOICE 1