Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Boccherini in Basel
The Gringolts Quartet and friends perform music by Boccherini, Milhaud and Ravel.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Hannah's classical picks
Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Georgia Mann
The ideal mix of classical music for your morning.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Sudden Death
5/5 Tragedy looms for Bizet. Plus, we reach Carmen鈥檚 shocking finale. With Donald Macleod.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (4/4)
Performances of works by Beethoven, Howells and Prokofiev.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Daniel Barenboim conducts Brahms
The Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim perform Brahms' Second Symphony.
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16:30
The Listening Service—Here Comes the Bride
Tom Service with a guide to music written for and performed at weddings. (R)
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17:00
In Tune—Annilese Miksimmon, MaryAnne Stevens and Karim Kamar
A theatre maker, an art historian and a neo-classical pianist are Sarah Walker's guests.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Your daily classical soundtrack
Take time out with a carefully curated playlist of classical music, both old and new.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Into the Infinite: Messiaen and Mahler
The LSO鈥檚 artistic associate, Barbara Hannigan, conducts musical visions of heaven.
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22:00
The Verb—The Sounds between the Words
Testament, poet, and world-record-breaking human beatboxer, explores sounds between words.
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22:45
The Essay—Thinking Black, Michael Manley
5/5 Writer Colin Grant asks who is black and who isn鈥檛 鈥� and who gets to decide? (R)
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23:00
Late Junction—Forecasts and oracles
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares adventurous music that divines the future.
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Late
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01:00
Composed—Composed with Devont茅 Hynes, THE PIANO: Pieces that spark joy and creativity
Devont茅 Hynes puts a spotlight on the instrument he pulls the most from creatively.
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02:00
Piano Flow—Tokio Myers, Piano Tracks To Help You Drift Away
Drift away with a weekly dose of the world's most soothing piano music. (R)
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03:00
Through the Night—Bruch and Dvorak from Hamburg
Violinist Mar铆a Due帽as joins NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and conductor Manfred Honeck.
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