Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Easter with Ars Nova Copenhagen
The Copenhagen choir in a programme exploring Eastertide themes of sorrow and comfort.
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Morning
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06:30
Radio 3 Breakfast—Start your day with classical music
Join Mark Forrest every Sunday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
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09:00
Sunday Morning—Three hours of Easter classical sparkle
Sarah Walker with classical music to reflect, restore and refresh this Easter Sunday.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Private Passions—Francis Spufford, writer
Michael Berkeley's guest is the award-winning writer Francis Spufford.
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13:30
Music Map—Easter: A Seasonal Journey... Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the paths to Rimsky-Korsakov's joyful Russian Easter Overture.
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15:00
Music Matters—Curtain Up: Classical Stories of Musical Theatre, From operetta to Oklahoma!
Nicky Spence explores the classical music roots of musical theatre.
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16:00
Jazz Record Requests—Jazz for Easter Sunday
Alyn Shipton has the perfect mix of jazz to soundtrack your Easter Sunday.
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17:00
The Early Music Show—Easter: A Seasonal Journey... Paschal Plainchant
Hannah French explores the use of plainchant in works written for Easter.
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Evening
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18:00
Choral Evensong—Easter: A Seasonal Journey... King's College, Cambridge
From the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge on Easter Day.
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19:00
Sunday Feature—The February House
When a house share in Brooklyn became an epicentre of Western music and literature. (R)
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19:45
Words and Music—Aspects of the Divine
Readings from Shakespeare to Wordsworth and Larkin, and music from Beethoven to Bruckner. (R)
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21:00
Ultimate Calm—Erland Cooper: Series 5, A sleepy soundtrack for sweet dreams ft. Ian Rankin
1/12 Join Scottish composer Erland Cooper for a new series and music from the realm of dreams. (R)
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22:00
Night Tracks—A bewitching night time soundtrack
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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23:30
Unclassified—Geometry of Sound
Elizabeth Alker with music by a new generation of composers who defy classification.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.
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