Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Clementi, Liszt and Debussy
Piano music played by recent Radio 3 New Generation Artist Beatrice Rana.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Sally Phillips, Mrs Salmon's Waxworks, Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975), An important call
We hear about the terrifying moment Shostakovich received a phone call from Stalin.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—New Town Concert Series, Nature, love and loss
Ben Appl sings some Schubert mini-masterpieces and the Schumann Quartet performs Brahms.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera Matinee: Rameau's Les Boreades
Rameau's Les Boreades from the Utrecht Early Music Festival, introduced by Hannah French.
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17:00
In Tune—BLOCK4, Anando Mukerjee, Martin Yates
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—Jumping for joy
A sequence of classical, alternative and folk music made to fill your day with joy.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Resurrection
Mahler's gargantuan Symphony No 2, live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
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22:00
Free Thinking—2019 Wolfson History Prize Discussion
Rana Mitter and the six shortlisted historians with an audience at the British Academy.
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22:45
The Essay—True Venetian, Exhibitions and Exhibitionism
4/5 Polly Coles discusses the work of the many Venetian artists revitalising the city today.
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23:00
Late Junction—Nigerian funk and fast-thinking chamber music
Nick Luscombe with deep Nigerian grooves and a suite of chamber music created on the fly.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Music for Bulgarian Culture and Cyrillic Day
A night of music celebrating the musical life of Bulgaria. Jonathan Swain presents.
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