Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Handel's Tamerlano
Catriona Young presents a performance of Handel's opera Tamerlano from Poland.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Gerald Scarfe
Artist of the Week: George Malcolm, featured playing Mozart's Piano Sonata in F, K497.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Vienna's Darkest Hour
3/5 Donald Macleod introduces music written during the aftermath of the Napoleonic invasion. (R)
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2017, Episode 2
2/4 From the 2017 BMS Festival, music by Beethoven and CPE Bach.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - 21st Century European Concert Halls
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra performs music by Sviridov, Mussorgsky and Dvorak.
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15:30
Choral Evensong—St John's College, Cambridge
From the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, on Ash Wednesday.
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16:30
In Tune—Javier Perianes, Tarik O'Regan, 9Bach
Sean Rafferty's guests include Javier Perianes, Tarik O'Regan and Welsh folk group 9Bach.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Vienna's Darkest Hour
3/5 Donald Macleod introduces music written during the aftermath of the Napoleonic invasion. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Royal Northern Sinfonia - Elgar, Finzi, Vaughan Williams
Live from Sage Gateshead, the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Elgar, Finzi and Vaughan Williams
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22:00
Free Thinking—Partition, Mohsin Hamid, Gurinder Chadha
With author Mohsin Hamid, a discussion about Partition and director Gurinder Chadha.
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22:45
The Essay—Burgess at 100, Burgess and Populism/Class - Dr Simon Rennie
3/5 An essay by Simon Rennie about writer Anthony Burgess.
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23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt with Geometry of Now Highlights
Max Reinhardt presents highlights from Moscow's 2017 Geometry of Now festival.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Catriona Young introduces the Romanian Radio National Orchestra in Weber and Mussorgsky.
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