Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—30/11/2011
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tsar's Bride.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Chopin, Mascagni and Ponchielli.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents music by Bach, Piazzolla and Britten.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), First Nights from Hell
3/5Donald Macleod on Smetana tried to create an operatic style that was recognisably Czech.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Northern Lights, The Danish String Quartet
2/4Danish Quartet in Nielsen: String Quartet No 4. Grieg: String Quartet in G minor, Op 27.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Symphony, Episode 19
Katie Derham continues R3's month of programmes complementing the BBC4 series "Symphony".
15:30
Choral Evensong—London Oratory
From the Church of the London Oratory for the Feast of St Andrew the Apostle.
16:30
In Tune—30/11/2011 Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Stephen Schwartz, Igor Levit
With performances from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge and pianist Igor Levit.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), First Nights from Hell
3/5Donald Macleod on Smetana tried to create an operatic style that was recognisably Czech.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, Pintscher, Beethoven
1/2Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in Matthias Pintscher and Beethoven.
20:20
Symphony Question Time—30/11/2011
Long-lost fragments of Sibelius's Eighth, and feedback about the question of applause.
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, Bruckner
2/2Vladimir conducts the London Philharmonic in Bruckner's Symphony No 1.
22:00
Night Waves—Owen Shears, Bernini, An Artist's Creative Peak, Hamlet
Rana Mitter talks to writer Owen Shears, and discusses artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
22:45
The Essay—Listener, They Wore It, Laura Cumming
3/5Laura Cumming considers a famous black dress, memorably painted by John Singer Sargent.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Fiona Talkington - 30/11/2011
Fiona Talkington plays a diverse range of musical styles.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—01/12/2011
Jonathan Swain presents a song recital including Schumann's Dichterliebe.
