Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Days of Russian Culture in Bucharest
Opening concert from 2018's festival with piano music by Tchaikovsky, Enescu and Ravel.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc's classical alternative
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Henry Burstow: Folk Song Dictionary, Deborah Meaden, Brahms's Sextet No 2
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—Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953), Too soon
5/5 Donald Macleod looks at how America influenced Prokofiev.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—St Magnus International Festival. Christian Wilson and Tom Poulson
Sacred works by Bach, Messiaen and Weir on organ and trumpet from St Magnus Cathedral.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 4/4
Mariss Jansons conducts Strauss and Bruckner with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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16:30
The Listening Service—Prog Rock - apotheosis or nadir?
Tom Service looks at Prog Rock, and asks: apotheosis of rock music, or vapid pomposity? (R)
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17:00
In Tune—In Tune – Live with France Musique
In Tune, live from the Théâtre de l’Alliance, Paris, in collaboration with France Musique.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Lady Wang and the Wondrous Machine
Are you sitting comfortably? The In Tune Mixtape will read you a story of Lady Wang.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Vienna's Golden Age
Thomas Søndergård opens the RSNO season with Strauss, Berg and Mahler.
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22:00
The Verb—The Verb from the Contains Strong Language Festival
Ian McMillan presents The Verb from Hull with Stuart Maconie and other guests.
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22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women's Rights
5/5 Joanna Cohen looks back at the manifesto which remodelled the Declaration of Independence. (R)
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23:00
Late Junction—The Voice As Contagion
Jennifer Lucy Allan explores sonic traces and haunted technology with Kristen Gallerneaux.
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Late
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01:00
Through the Night—Cosi fan tutte
Mozart's farcical opera performed from Lugano in Switzerland. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
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