Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Il primo omicidio
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Alessandro Scarlatti's Il primo omicidio.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Mariella Frostrup
Artist of the Week: Harry Christophers, featured conducting music by Tomkins and Tallis.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Remember, Write Many More Like Barber
3/5 Donald Macleod explores the stories behind Rossini's The Barber of Seville. (R)
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend, Episode 2
2/4 Chamber music by Beethoven and Shostakovich played by Christian Ihle Hadland and friends.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in British Music, Episode 3
3/4 The 大象传媒 NOW plays music by Elgar, Guto Puw, Mark Boden and Karl Jenkins. With Penny Gore.
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15:30
Choral Evensong—Choral Vespers from Westminster Cathedral
Choral Vespers on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul from Westminster Cathedral.
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16:30
In Tune—Marin Alsop, Alice Coote, Trio Vitruvi
Sean Rafferty's guests include conductor Marin Alsop and mezzo-soprano Alice Coote.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Remember, Write Many More Like Barber
3/5 Donald Macleod explores the stories behind Rossini's The Barber of Seville. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev, Shostakovich
Kirill Karabits conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Davos Discussions, Shobana Jeyasingh, Barbers in concentration camps
Anne McElvoy explores topics discussed at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
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22:45
The Essay—Gun Culture, Pistols at Dawn
3/5 Historian John Gallagher examines the history and etiquette of duelling with pistols.
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23:00
Late Junction—Verity Sharp
Verity plays dance songs, work songs and folk songs, and toasts Robert Burns.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2016: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Mozart and Mendelssohn with soprano Rosa Feola.
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