Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Romanian Folk Dances and Music for Airports
John Shea presents a concert given by the Romanian Radio National Orchestra.
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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 with Suzy Klein - Elgar's Salut d'amour, Marie Duval, Paul Whitehouse
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), A Pact with the Devil
3/5 Donald Macleod explores how Gounod created one of his biggest hits, Faust.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Liverpool Philharmonic Chamber Music Series 2018, Shostakovich and Debussy
2/4 The Pavel Haas Quartet plays Shostakovich, plus Stephen Hough with piano music by Debussy.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
3/4 Kate Molleson presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by Richard Strauss.
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15:30
Choral Evensong—Portsmouth Cathedral
Live from Portsmouth Cathedral.
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16:30
New Generation Artists—Duparc, Schumann and Dauprat from Fatma Said, Alec Frank-Gemmill and Annelien Van Wauwe
Fatma Said sings Duparc and Alec Frank-Gemmill plays Dauprat's Scottish Airs for horn.
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17:00
In Tune—The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, Niall Ashdown, Benjamin Appl
Sean Rafferty's guests include the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—A blissful 30-minute classical mix
In Tune's specially curated playlist includes music by Gounod, Gade and Cara Dillon.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—CBSO - Brahms, Shostakovich and the UK premiere of Simon Holt's Surcos
Live from Symphony Hall, Ilan Volkov conducts the CBSO with cellist Alisa Weilerstein.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Inside the 'Intellectual Dark Web'
Philip Dodd on the intellectual dark web with Bari Weiss, Douglas Murray and Ed Husain.
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22:45
The Essay—Travels for My Art, Lorenzo Lotto
3/5 Martin Gayford goes to the Marche in Italy on a quest to find pictures by Lorenzo Lotto.
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23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt examines the spaces between notes and the joys of Ghanaian highlife.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Two masses separated by 600 years
John Shea presents masses from a concert by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
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