Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Chopin Nocturnes
Jonathan Swain presents a piano recital featuring Maria Joao Pires and Julien Brocal.
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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 Gemma Jones
Including Artist of the Week: oboist Nicholas Daniel, featured playing Vaughan Williams.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Inner Calm, Outer Turmoil
4/5 Donald Macleod focuses on a turbulent period in Rubbra's personal life.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Leicester International Music Festival 2016, Episode 3
3/4 From the Leicester Music Festival, Elgar's String Quartet and MacMillan's Kiss on Wood.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Mascagni - Iris
Katie Derham presents a rare performance of Mascagni's Iris, from the Montpellier Festival
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16:30
In Tune—Wim Henderickx, Martyn Brabbins, Patrick Doyle, Teyr
Sean Rafferty including Wim Henderickx, Patrick Doyle, Martyn Brabbins and folk trio Teyr.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Inner Calm, Outer Turmoil
4/5 Donald Macleod focuses on a turbulent period in Rubbra's personal life.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Freiburg Baroque Orchestra - Haydn, CPE and JC Bach, Mozart
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Kristian Bezuidenhout in Haydn, CPE and JC Bach, and Mozart
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22:00
Free Thinking—Medieval Manuscripts, Emma Donoghue, The Story of Boris Vian
With a discussion about medieval illuminated manuscripts, plus author Emma Donoghue.
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22:45
The Essay—Islands, Raasay
4/5 Kenneth Steven on Raasay, an island close to Skye and once home to poet Sorley MacLean.
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23:00
Late Junction—Fiona Talkington with Jaga Jazzist's Mixtape
Fiona Talkington's selection includes a mixtape from Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Concerto Koln and Andreas Staier at the 2014 Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival
Jonathan Swain presents a concert of Beethoven and Dussek from Concerto Koln.
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