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JULY’S RADIO 3 LISTINGS

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

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 Richard Strauss

5-7pm In Tune

7-7.30pm Classical Mixtape

7.30-9.45pm Radio 3 In Concert from Barbican, London. Dallapiccola Three Questions with Two Answers, Nono Canti de vita e d’amore, Bruno Maderna Oboe Concerto No. 3, Berio Sequenza IXc, Sinfonia. Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Thomas Lessels (bass clarinet), Anna Dennis (sop), BBC SO/Martyn Brabbins

9.45-10pm The Essay Song Diary of a Dying Man

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 Richard Strauss

5-7pm In Tune

7-7.30pm Classical Mixtape

7.30-9.45pm Radio 3 In Concert from Philharmonie, Berlin. Brahms Tragic Overture, Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.1, Strauss Symphonia Domestica. Lisa Batiashvili (vn), Berlin Phil/Kirill Petrenko

9.45-10pm The Essay Song Diary of a Dying Man

10-11.30pm Night Tracks

11.30pm-12.30am ‘Round Midnight

3 WEDNESDAY

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