Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Sibelius and Brahms from Norway
Oslo Philharmonic and Simon Trp膷eski play Brahms Piano Concerto No 2. With Jonathan Swain.
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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 Ian Skelly: New Year New Music, Anna Chancellor
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—George Walker (1922-2018), Visions
5/5 The life and music of George Walker. Today, tragedy inspires Walker's last work.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Reykjavik Midsummer Music 2019 - Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky
Music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky from the 2019 Reykjavik Midsummer Music festival.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Dystopia
With Fiona Talkington. Music and dystopia from the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra and Trish Clowes.
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16:30
The Listening Service—How to love new music
All noise and no good tunes? Tom Service bangs the drum for contemporary classical music.
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17:00
In Tune—Jonathan Roozeman & Lauri Porra, Renaud Capucon, Cordelia Williams
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—Power through with classical music
Five hundred years of music across three continents, from Tallis to Tom Ze.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, Mahler's R眉ckert songs, Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony
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22:00
The Verb—The World of Poetry Publishing
With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh
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22:45
The Essay—Beneath the Night, Above the Night
5/5 Has our relationship with the night sky changed forever? Dr Stuart Clark thinks so.
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23:00
Late Junction—Revitalised sounds and private press cassettes
Jennifer Lucy Allan plays music for donuts and private press gems for the New Year.
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Late
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01:00
Through the Night—A 'fiendishly difficult' concerto and a 'semi-barbaric' symphony
Brahms's Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
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