Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Heimat from the WDR Radio Chorus and Stefan Parkman
With Jonathan Swain. Featuring a choral concert by WDR Radio Chorus and Stefan Parkman.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Rob Cowan with Ray Mears
Artist of the Week: pianist Claudio Arrau, featured performing Debussy's Images (Book 2).
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Denunciation and Decline
5/5 Prokofiev's decline and death after his music was denounced by the state in the late 1940s
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Bath Mozartfest 2016, Episode 4
4/4 The Nash Ensemble performs Mozart's Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran Partita' in Bath.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—大象传媒 Performing Groups' Best of 2016, Episode 4
4/4 With the 大象传媒 Philharmonic performing Shostakovich and the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra in Verdi.
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16:30
Words and Music—The Power of Alchemy
Texts and music on the theme of alchemy. Readers: Sian Phillips and Donald Sumpter. (R)
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17:45
New Generation Artists—Tosti, Bozza, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Bach
Radio 3 New Generation Artists in music by Tosti, Bozza, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Bach.
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Evening
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19:00
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Denunciation and Decline
5/5 Prokofiev's decline and death after his music was denounced by the state in the late 1940s
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20:00
Radio 3 in Concert—An Evening with David Sedaris
From the Barbican in London, an evening of music and comedy with humorist David Sedaris.
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22:00
The Verb—The Christmas Verb
Ian McMillan presents a Christmas edition of the word cabaret in front of an audience.
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22:45
The Essay—Christmas Close Up, Holy Innocents
5/5 The resonance of the Feast of the Holy Innocents for Christians in the Middle East.
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23:00
World on 3—Lopa Kothari - Highlights from Womad 2016
Lopa Kothari presents a selection of highlights from the 2016 Womad festival.
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Late
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01:00
Through the Night—Vox Luminis
With Jonathan Swain. Vox Luminis perform music for the season.
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