Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—19/03/2012
Jonathan Swain presents the George Enescu Philharmonic performing Beethoven and Ligeti.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Monday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast programme.
09:00
Essential Classics—Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpt).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Philip Glass (1937-), Apprenticeship in the Shape of a Square
1/5Donald Macleod focuses on Philip Glass's early years.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Meta4
Meta4 in Faure: String Quartet in E minor, Op 121. Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Russian Music, Episode 1
1/2The BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Ligeti, Glazunov, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.
16:30
In Tune—Emma Kirkby, Cafe Mozart, Callum Smart, Gordon Back
With music from soprano Emma Kirkby with Cafe Mozart, plus Callum Smart and Gordon Back.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Philip Glass (1937-), Apprenticeship in the Shape of a Square
1/5Donald Macleod focuses on Philip Glass's early years.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Manchester Camerata - Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Strauss
Gabor Takacs-Nagy leads the Manchester Camerata in Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Strauss.
22:00
Night Waves—Thomas Dormandy, Mad Men
Thomas Dormandy talks to Matthew Sweet about his new book, Opium: Reality's Dark Dream.
22:45
The Essay—The Book that Changed Me, Homage to Catalonia
1/10Alan Johnston explains how Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell inspired him.(R)
23:00
Jazz on 3—Roscoe Mitchell
Jez Nelson presents avant-garde saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell in concert.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—20/03/2012
Jonathan Swain introduces Beethoven's Missa Solemnis performed at the 2011 Proms.
