Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents a concert from Poland including Shostakovich's Symphony No 15.
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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 - Rob Cowan with Mike Figgis
Artist of the Week: pianist Solomon Cutner, featured in Beethoven's Cello Sonata No 3.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Working for the Jesuits
4/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Charpentier's decade working for the Jesuits.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's - Bruch and Vaughan Williams, Part 3
3/4 The Nash Ensemble play Bruch's Piano Quintet and Vaughan Williams's String Quartet No 2.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Verity Sharp presents a performance of Berlioz's dramatic symphony Romeo et Juliette.
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16:30
In Tune—Eric Whitacre, Andreas Ottensamer, Stephen Barlow and Elijah Moshinsky, Martin Roscoe
Sean Rafferty's guest include Eric Whitacre, Andreas Ottensamer and Martin Roscoe.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Working for the Jesuits
4/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Charpentier's decade working for the Jesuits.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the East Neuk Festival
The strings of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in McCrae, Sibelius, Grieg, Wirenand Oswald.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Writing Love: Jonathan Dollimore, Heer Ranjha, Sappho
Including the Punjabi Romeo and Juliet and the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence.
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22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers 2017, A Tale of Restoration Murder, Barbarous and Inhumane
4/5 Tom Charlton explores press reporting, scandal and politics in the 17th century.
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23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe features Brazilian experimentalism, Cameroonian funk and Canadian sax.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Rameau opera excerpts - Les Ambassadeurs
Catriona Young presents a concert of overtures, dances and airs from Rameau operas.
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