Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2014: Ilan Volkov conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
John Shea with a performance given by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at the 2014 Proms.
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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 Rebecca Front
Including Artist of the Week: Mikhail Pletnev, featured in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), A World at War
4/5 How harrowing wartime experiences left a deep imprint on Vaughan Williams's work.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Bath Mozartfest 2015, Jerusalem Quartet
3/4 Jerusalem Quartet in Ravel's String Quartet and Dvorak's String Quartet in F (American).
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Leoncavallo - Zaza
A studio recording based on a concert performance of Leoncavallo's opera Zaza.
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16:30
In Tune—Masaaki Suzuki, Chad Hoopes, Millie Ashton, Simon Morris, Tim Hugh
Sean Rafferty presents, with Masaaki Suzuki and live music from violinist Chad Hoopes.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), A World at War
4/5 How harrowing wartime experiences left a deep imprint on Vaughan Williams's work. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—大象传媒 SSO - Tom Harrold, Unsuk Chin, Tchaikovsky
Ilan Volkov conducts the 大象传媒 SSO in music by Tom Harrold, Unsuk Chin and Tchaikovsky.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Economics: Liam Byrne, John Redwood, Luke Johnson, Juliet Michaelson and Matt Wolf
Anne McElvoy considers new books from Thomas Piketty and Yanis Varoufakis.
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22:45
The Essay—A Body of Essays: Series 2, Annie Freud - The Kidneys
4/5 Poet and artist Annie Freud discusses the kidneys, the body's most hard-working organs.
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23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt previews the 2016 Counterflows Festival
Adventures in music, ancient to future with a preview of the 2016 Counterflows Festival.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Mozart and Haydn from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
John Shea introduces a concert of Mozart and Haydn given by the Radio France Philharmonic.
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