Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Dream Rags
Italian music from the Renaissance and Mahler's joyful declaration of love, Symphony No 5.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, including our musical Advent Calendar.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday with Ian Skelly - Peer Gynt, Ian Bostridge, Winter in the Dark Ages
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Atheist, Christian, Pantheist
Donald Macleod explores Rimsky-Korsakov鈥檚 beliefs.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Perth Concert Hall 2018, Berlin-based Vision Quartet play Ligeti's compelling First String Quartet
The third of four recitals from Perth Concert Hall featuring French works at their core.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera Matinee: Salieri's sparkling opera La Fiera di Venezia
A rare chance to hear one of Salieri's finest and sparkliest operas.
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17:00
In Tune—Guy Johnston, Alexander Soares, John Andrews
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—When icicles hang from the sky
In Tune's playlist: chill to Purcell鈥檚 Cold Song, Rutter鈥檚 Icicles and Manu Delago鈥檚 hang.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Aberdeen Festivities
Alpesh Chauhan and the 大象传媒 SSO perform Prokofiev, Grieg and Sibelius.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Landmark: Watership Down
An ecological fable about a perfect society? Matthew Sweet reads Richard Adams' classic.
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22:45
The Essay—Weird England, Snatch Valentine
Writer Laura Joyce follows Jack Valentine down the streets of Norwich.
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23:00
Late Junction—Puce Mary鈥檚 Late Junction mixtape
Nick Luscombe presents a mixtape from apocalyptic electronic artist Puce Mary
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Le Myst猫re de la Nativit茅
A rare outing for Frank Martin's dramatic telling of the Nativity. John Shea presents.
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