Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Chamber music by Schumann and Mendelssohn
John Shea presents Schumann's String Quartets, Op 41 Nos 1 and 3, and Mendelssohn's Octet.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Michael Frayn
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Ravel: La valse.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), A New and Special Way
4/5 Donald Macleod on how Haydn bowed out of opera, returning to composing string quartets.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Liverpool Chamber Music Series, Episode 3
3/4 Chamber music by Mozart and Smetana from St George's Hall, Liverpool.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Berg - Wozzeck
Katie Derham presents a performance of Berg's opera Wozzeck given at City Halls, Glasgow.
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16:30
In Tune—Empirical, Mahan Esfahani, The Revolutionary Drawing Room
Sean Rafferty with jazz group Empirical live, plus harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), A New and Special Way
4/5 Donald Macleod on how Haydn bowed out of opera, returning to composing string quartets.
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19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Celebrating Simon Rattle, Episode 4
4/5 Simon Rattle conducts the CBSO. Beethoven: Symphony No 6; Symphony No 7.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Cities and Resilience, Daisy Hay, Brian Clarke on Robert Fraser
Features the relationship between Disraeli and his wife, plus cities and disaster planning
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22:45
The Essay—The Book that Changed Me, Lolita Chakrabarti on A Tale of Two Cities
4/5 Actress and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti on Charles Dickens's book A Tale of Two Cities.
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23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe presents a varied selection of music.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs works by Brahms, Faure and Debussy.
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