Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—16/09/2010
Susan Sharpe presents a concert by the Oslo Philharmonic conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music, from Gabrieli to Glinka and Purcell to Porter.
10:00
Classical Collection—Thursday - Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Saint-Saens, Farnon, Bax, Poulenc, Schubert and Strauss.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Ole Bull (1810-1880), Episode 4
4/5Donald Macleod on Ole Bull's ambition to revolutionise Norway's musical culture.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2010, Christoph Pregardien, Julian Pregardien, Michael Gees
3/6Christoph Pregardien, Julian Pregardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano) in Mozart, Schreker.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Verdi: Il Trovatore
A performance of the first opera Mahler ever conducted, Verdi's Il Trovatore.
17:00
In Tune—Thursday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
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Evening
19:00
Performance on 3—BBC Singers at Merton College, Part 1
1/2From Merton College, Oxford. The BBC Singers perform Italian Baroque choral music.
19:40
Twenty Minutes—Requiem for a Garden of Eden
Janet Todd's requiem for an abandoned Venetian garden with a magical literary past.(R)
20:00
Performance on 3—BBC Singers at Merton College, Part 2
2/2From Merton College, Oxford. The BBC Singers perform Italian Baroque choral music.
21:15
Night Waves—Tony Blair
Philip Dodd in extended conversation with former prime minister Tony Blair.
22:00
Composer of the Week—Ole Bull (1810-1880), Episode 4
4/5Donald Macleod on Ole Bull's ambition to revolutionise Norway's musical culture.
23:00
The Essay—British Cinema of the 40s, Kind Hearts and Coronets
4/5Simon Heffer on the subversiveness of the 1949 Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets.
23:15
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Pekka Kuusito and Valgeir Sigurosson
Fiona Talkington's selection includes percussion from Simon Limbrick and Steve Reich.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—17/09/2010
Susan Sharpe presents music by Vaughan Williams, Tallis, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov.
