Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Duke Ellington's Small Groups
Geoffrey Smith selects music from the 1930s sessions by Duke Ellington's sidemen. (R)
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01:00
Through the Night—2017 大象传媒 Proms: Bruckner with the RCO
Catriona Young presents a performance from the 2017 大象传媒 Proms of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony
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Morning
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07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Sunday Morning—18/02/2018
Sarah Walker presents a variety of music including a focus on Mascagni.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Private Passions—Bishi
Michael Berkeley's guest is the singer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Bishi.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wind power
From the Wigmore Hall, London, the SCO Wind Soloists perform Beethoven and Poulenc. (R)
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14:00
The Early Music Show—Opera of the Nobility - 18th Century Disruptors
The war of two 18C London opera companies - the Royal Academy & the Opera of the Nobility.
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15:00
Choral Evensong—New College, Oxford
Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford on Ash Wednesday. (R)
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16:00
Choir and Organ—Gabrieli, Gorecki and Faure
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an anthem for Pope John Paul II and sultry Cuban syncopations.
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17:00
The Listening Service—Debussy the Impressionist?
Tom Service considers whether Claude Debussy was an impressionist or not.
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17:30
Words and Music—The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Texts and music inspired by a 1559 Bruegel painting. Readers: Jenny Agutter, Peter Wight.
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Evening
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18:45
Sunday Feature—Patrick Kavanagh: the Inexhaustible Adventure of a Gravelled Yard
Theo Dorgan finds out why Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh, who died in 1968, is so loved now.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Sibelius, Stenhammar and Saariaho from The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Sibelius, Stenhammar and Saariaho in Munich.
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21:00
Drama on 3—The Last of the Volsungs
Blood, revenge and the inevitability of fate in this dramatisation of an Icelandic saga.
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22:30
Early Music Late—The Tallis Scholars in Utrecht
The Tallis Scholars perform at the 2017 Utrecht Early Music Festival.
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23:30
Night Music—Arnold Bax
Bax's Violin Concerto, performed by Lydia Mordkovich, contrasted with a pair of tone poems
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—A concert of 20th century Polish music by the Royal String Quartet
Catriona Young presents a concert of 20th century Polish music by the Royal String Quartet
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