Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Archive
Including archive recordings by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Handel's Chandos Anthem No 8.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), The Musical Mendelssohns
2/5 Donald Macleod discusses the Mendelssohn family's extensive music-making. (R)
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Ludlow English Song Weekend 2015, Finzi, Ireland, Hugh Wood and Jonathan Dove
1/4 Clare McCaldin, John Mark Ainsley and Iain Burnside perform a selection of English songs.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, Episode 2
2/4 大象传媒 CO plays music including Ravel, Walton, Vaughan Williams, Britten and Havergal Brian.
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16:30
In Tune—Alec Frank-Gemmill, Harry Christophers, Concerto Caledonia
Suzy Klein with Alec Frank-Gemmill, Concerto Caledonia and Harry Christophers.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), The Musical Mendelssohns
2/5 Donald Macleod discusses the Mendelssohn family's extensive music-making. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—大象传媒 Philharmonic: Nielsen 150
John Storgards conducts the 大象传媒 Philharmonic in music by Nielsen and Mahler.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Fairgrounds and Freaks, Carsten Holler
Matthew Sweet explores Carsten Holler's art and discusses the idea of the 'freak'.
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22:45
The Essay—WB Yeats at 150, Not Liking Yeats
2/5 Writer and commentator Fintan O'Toole on his love-hate relationship with WB Yeats.
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23:00
Late Junction—Tuesday - Nick Luscombe
New music from Lossy, the Bill Smith Quartet and Alexandra Benedict and Tris Taylor.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Rameau Suites and Airs from Musica Aeterna
Suites and arias by Rameau: Musica Aeterna, soprano Nadine Kourcher and Teodor Currentzis.
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