Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5
With Leif Ove Andsnes in Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5 at the 2015 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 Helen Sharman
Includes Artist of the Week: Clifford Curzon, featured in Brahms's Piano Sonata in F minor
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Erik Satie (1866-1925), School of Satie
4/5 Donald Macleod on Satie's midlife crisis, when he went back to school and wrote chorales.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Ludlow English Song Weekend 2015, Episode 3
3/4 Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir under Paul Spicer in music by Finzi and Stanford. (R)
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14:05
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Offenbach - Le roi Carotte
Penny Gore presents a rare chance to hear Offenbach's farcical comic opera Le roi Carotte.
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16:30
In Tune—Mike Westbrook, Louis Lortie, Richard Shephard
Live music from pianist Louis Lortie and jazz composer and pianist Mike Westbrook.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Erik Satie (1866-1925), School of Satie
4/5 Donald Macleod on Satie's midlife crisis, when he went back to school and wrote chorales. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—LSO - Shostakovich, Mahler
LSO under Antonio Pappano in Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 and Mahler: Symphony No 6.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Beauty: Dame Fiona Reynolds, The Bowes Museum, David Willetts on the State
Dame Fiona Reynolds talks to Anne McElvoy about preserving beauty in the countryside.
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22:45
The Essay—Trip Sheets, Trip Sheets: The Artistic Scene
4/5 Why 70s New York was a place of violence and economic collapse, but also artistic ferment. (R)
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23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt with Gazelle Twin's Mixtape
Max Reinhardt with an exclusive mixtape from progressive electronica artist Gazelle Twin.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra - Qigang Chen, Unsuk Chin, Zhao Jiping
John Shea's selection includes music by Qigang Chen, Unsuk Chin and Zhao Jiping.
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