Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—05/03/2012
John Shea presents the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in music by Gossec and Haydn.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Faure, Vierne and Gurney.
09:00
Essential Classics—Monday - Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Nielsen.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), Boccherini's Early Life
1/5Donald Macleod focuses on Boccherini's early life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Truls Mork, Khatia Buniatishvili
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, music for cello and piano by Beethoven and Rachmaninov.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Concert, Episode 1
1/4Penny Gore presents the BBC SSO in Strauss, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms.
16:30
In Tune—Monday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), Boccherini's Early Life
1/5Donald Macleod focuses on Boccherini's early life.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Part 1
1/2The Cardinall's Musick in music by Byrd: Venite; Te Deum; Benedictus (The Great Service).
20:20
Twenty Minutes—William Byrd and Catholicism
The Rev Richard Coles hosts a discussion on how William Byrd survived as a recusant.
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Part 2
2/2The Cardinall's Musick in music by Byrd. Magnificat; nunc dimittis (The Great Service).
22:00
Night Waves—James Robinson, Peter Hill, Claude Lanzmann
Matthew Sweet is joined by James Robinson, author of a book about the origins of poverty.
22:45
The Essay—Listener, They Won It, Simon Barnes
1/5Simon Barnes on the immortalisation of Roger Bannister's mile in a still photograph.
23:00
Jazz on 3—Spin Marvel in Session
Jez Nelson presents a session by improvised electronica quartet Spin Marvel.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—06/03/2012
John Shea presents the Swedish Radio Choir performing Rheinberger's Mass in E flat.
