BBC Radio 3

Since it launched in 1946, the Third Programme/ BBC Radio 3 has been a bold pioneer in the cultural world. It is one of the world’s foremost presenters, creators, commissioners and curators across classical, folk, world, jazz and contemporary music as well as drama, philosophy and ideas. The station is also the most significant commissioner of new and contemporary music in the UK, with 35 new works commissioned annually and broadcasts over 600 concerts a year, including live broadcasts from the greatest classical music festival in the world (BBC Proms). Radio 3’s In Concert programme alone reaches the equivalent of 250 packed concert halls a week, and the BBC Orchestras and Choirs give around 400 concerts a year in over 60 UK locations. The station has always nurtured extraordinary artistic talents, provided a platform for important scientific and political debates/announcements, and broadcast ground-breaking experimental drama – always while delivering its core aim of connecting audiences with pioneering music and culture.

Works Presented 2022

Kristina Arakelyan              Seascapes 

Works Presented 2021

Jay Capperauld                     Circadian Refrains (172 Days Until Dawn)

Hannah Kendall                   Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama

Marc Yeats                              The unimportance of events

Works Presented 2019

Richard Causton                     Ik zeg: NU (I say: NOW)

Shiori Usui                                from scratch

Works Presented 2018

Durupt Laurent                        Grids for Greed
Grime Helen                             Two Eardley Pictures: No. 1 Catterline in Winter
Miller Cassandra                      Round for Orchestra

Works Presented 2017

Firsova Alissa                         Bergen’s Bonfire (Program Notes)
Harrold Tom                          Raze (Program Notes)
Mason Christian                    Open to Infinity: A Grain of Sand (Program Notes)