Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Northern Lights: Jan Garbarek
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
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01:00
Through the Night—Cage, Stravinsky and Schnittke at the 2015 Reykjavik Midsummer Music Festival
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, a concert from Reykjavik. With Catriona Young
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Morning
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07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
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09:00
Sunday Morning—Northern Lights: James Jolly
Music from the northernmost parts of the world, including Ture Rangstrom's Fourth Symphony
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Afternoon
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12:00
Private Passions—Akram Khan
Michael Berkeley's guests is dancer and choreographer Akram Khan.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Adrian Brendel and Aleksandar Madzar
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Adrian Brendel plays Chopin, Debussy and Birtwistle. (R)
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14:00
The Early Music Show—Anna Maria Friman of Trio Mediaeval
Fiona Talkington is joined by Anna Maria Friman to explore Nordic folk and medieval music.
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15:00
Choral Evensong—Gloucester Cathedral
From Gloucester Cathedral. (R)
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16:00
Choir and Organ—Northern Lights: St Lucia's Day
Part of a concert given by the Nacka Music School in Stockholm to celebrate St Lucia's Day
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17:30
Words and Music—Life in a Cold Climate
Texts and music about living in the frozen north. Readers: Bill Paterson and Janie Dee.
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Evening
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18:45
Sunday Feature—True Norse
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough asks whether there is a shared culture in the north of Europe
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Northern Lights - Performances from Finland and Iceland
Musicians from Finland, Sweden and Iceland perform Bach, Crusell, Kirsten and Mendelssohn.
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21:00
Drama on 3—Nordic Voices
A celebration of contemporary Nordic writing in three new short plays.
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22:20
Early Music Late—Northern Lights: Hans-Ola Ericsson
Organist Hans-Ola Ericsson plays Bach and Rameau at 2015's Stockholm Early Music Festival.
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23:20
Night Music—Modigliani Quartet
The Modigliani Quartet performs Ravel's Quartet in F and Dohnanyi's Quartet No 3, Op 33.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Whitacre, Tavener and Sandstrom from the Swedish Radio Chorus
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, a concert from the Swedish Radio Chorus.
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