Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Belgium's Musiq'3 Festival
Catriona Young presents two recitals from the Musiq'3 Festival in Belgium.
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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 - Sarah Walker with Guy Garvey
Including the Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus in Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpts).
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—George Gershwin (1898-1937), Anyone for Tennis?
4/5 How Gershwin discovered writing music for Hollywood films could be a frustrating business.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2016 Hay Festival - trombonist Peter Moore and pianist James Baillieu
Trombonist Peter Moore and pianist James Baillieu, live at the 2016 Hay festival.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos
Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Karita Mattila
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16:30
In Tune—Hay Festival
Sean Rafferty presents a special programme from the 2016 Hay festival, with live music.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—George Gershwin (1898-1937), Anyone for Tennis?
4/5 How Gershwin discovered writing music for Hollywood films could be a frustrating business. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Philharmonia Orchestra: Stravinsky Myths and Rituals
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky, including the Requiem Canticles, Mass and Cantata.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Bhupen Khakhar, The City State of London?
Philip Dodd explores the art of Bhupen Khakhar as a retrospective opens at Tate Modern.
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22:45
The Essay—The Art of Storytelling, The Art of Storytelling: David Crystal
4/5 Professor David Crystal asks how we can preserve for the future the story of language.
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23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Verity Sharp with Seb Rochford and Matana Roberts
With a 'wedding session' featuring drummer Seb Rochford and saxophonist Matana Roberts.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Leonard Slatkin at the 2015 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw
Leonard Slatkin conducts the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. With Catriona Young
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