Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Strauss's Ein Heldenleben
With the Oslo Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko playing music by Shostakovich and Strauss
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Sound Frontiers: Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Live from London's Southbank Centre, Petroc Trelawny presents the Radio 3 breakfast show.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Sound Frontiers: Wednesday - Sarah Walker with John Finnemore
Artist of the Week: violinist Andrew Manze, featured in Biber's Rosary Sonata No 9.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Oliver Knussen (1952-), Sound Frontiers: Working with Maurice Sendak
3/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Oliver Knussen's long-time friendship with Maurice Sendak.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2016, Episode 2
2/4 Chiaroscuro Quartet in Beethoven, plus Mairead Hickey and Ella van Poucke in Schulhoff.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Sound Frontiers: The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 3
3/5 With a live concert from the Royal Festival Hall. Plus 大象传媒 NOW strings in Tchaikovsky.
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15:30
Choral Evensong—Westminster Abbey - 90th Anniversary
Live from Westminster Abbey, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the first broadcast.
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16:30
Afternoon Concert—Sound Frontiers: The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, Florent Schmitt
4/5 Katie Derham introduces a recording of Florent Schmitt's Psaume XLVII, with the 大象传媒 NOW.
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17:00
In Tune—Sound Frontiers: Sam Lee, Claire Martin and Joe Stilgoe, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Jette Parker Young Artists
Sean Rafferty's guests include Alex Mendham and his Orchestra.
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Evening
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Sound Frontiers: London Sinfonietta - Coll, Coult, Davies, Birtwistle
The London Sinfonietta in music by Francisco Coll, Tom Coult, Tansy Davies and Birtwistle.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Sound Frontiers: Success debated by Peter Frankopan, Edith Hall, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Anne McElvoy debates success, the subject for a Third Programme debate in 1967.
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22:45
The Essay—The Birthday Treat, Gervase Phinn: On the Camino de Santiago
3/5 Gervase Phinn recalls joining the pilgrims on a visit to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
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23:00
Late Junction—Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp's selection includes George Monbiot, Jennifer Walshe and Stars of the Lid.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Nielsen's Violin Concerto and Beethoven's Sixth Symphony
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
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