Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—15/03/2012
Jonathan Swain presents the Diamond Ensemble with violinist Nikolaj Znaider in Mozart.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents music by Handel, Britten and Elgar.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Devotion to the Dramatic
4/5Donald Macleod on Bizet's later life, when he remained committed to writing for the stage.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Patrons, Passions and Performers, Nikolai Demidenko
3/4Nikolai Demidenko in Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata. Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Monteverdi - Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria.
16:30
In Tune—Kuss Quartet, Cordelia Williams, Laurence Cummings
With music from the Kuss Quartet, pianist Cordelia Williams and Laurence Cummings.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Devotion to the Dramatic
4/5Donald Macleod on Bizet's later life, when he remained committed to writing for the stage.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Strauss, Holst
1/2The Halle performs Strauss's Serenade for Wind and Holst's The Hymn of Jesus.
20:10
Discovering Music—Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Second Symphony.
20:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Elgar
2/2Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Elgar's tragic and nostalgic Symphony No 2.
22:00
Night Waves—The English and Christianity, Four Horsemen, Miro Exhibition, Antarctica
Anne McElvoy discusses the new documentary Four Horsemen.
22:45
The Essay—Meanings of Mountains, Scotland
4/5Poet Kenneth Steven considers the relationship of the Scots to their mountains.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents music from Henri Pousseur, Kongero and Philip Mead.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—16/03/2012
Frans Bruggen leads the Orchestra of the 18th Century in concertos by Chopin and Schumann.
