Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Mary Lou Williams
Geoffrey surveys the long, brilliant career of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams. (R)
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01:00
The Well-Tuned Piano
A recording of The Well-Tuned Piano by La Monte Young, a piano solo lasting for five hours
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Morning
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07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Sunday Morning—03/01/2016
Rob Cowan starts a short season of ballet suites with R Strauss's Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Private Passions—Gerald Barry
For New Year New Music, Michael Berkeley's guests is composer Gerald Barry.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall: Danish String Quartet
The Danish String Quartet play Haydn and Shostakovich at Wigmore Hall, London in 2015. (R)
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14:00
The Early Music Show—Echoes of the Past in the Present
Stevie Wishart presents a special New Year New Music programme.
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15:00
Choral Evensong—Rodolfus Choir at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico
From St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, London with the Rodolfus Choir. (R)
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16:00
Choir and Organ—Contemporary Choral Music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores contemporary choral music.
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17:30
Words and Music—Good Intentions
John Sessions and Indira Varma set out on linguistic roads paved with good intentions. (R)
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Evening
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18:45
Sunday Feature—Memoirs of the Spacewomen
Matthew Sweet explores the science fiction futures of three neglected female writers. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—New Year New Music: Helmut Lachenmann
Music from a festival held in honour of German composer Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart.
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21:00
Drama on 3—Death and the King's Horseman
Wole Soyinka's dramatic portrayal of colonial Nigeria in the 1940s. (R)
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22:30
Early Music Late—Il Giardino Armonico
Works by Biber, Locke, Vivaldi and Bach from Il Giardino Armonico under Giovanni Antonini.
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23:30
Composers' Rooms—Chris Watson, Jennifer Walshe, Matthew Herbert
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits composers Chris Watson, Jennifer Walshe and Matthew Herbert.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—New Year New Music: Choral Music by Schnittke and Penderecki
John Shea introduces a performance of Schnittke's Faust Cantata from Poland.
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