Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—21/03/2012
Jonathan Swain presents Concerto Copenhagen in concertos by Vivaldi, Fasch and Pisendel.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast programme.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Rameau: Dardanus Suite.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Philip Glass (1937-), Koyaanisqatsi...and Sesame Street
3/5Donald Macleod explores Philip Glass's success in the 1980s.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Debussy's Last Words, Trio Verlaine
2/4Trio Verlaine perform the trio for flute, viola and harp by Debussy and other works.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—21/03/2012
BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Kancheli, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Neil Brand.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Bristol Cathedral
From Bristol Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—Fuzjko Hemming
Suzy Klein with music and guests, including a performance by pianist Fuzjko Hemming.
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Evening
19:00
Composer of the Week—Philip Glass (1937-), Koyaanisqatsi...and Sesame Street
3/5Donald Macleod explores Philip Glass's success in the 1980s.
20:00
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from The Sage Gateshead, Beethoven: String Quartets Nos 1 and 9
1/2Belcea Quartet in Beethoven: String Quartet No 1 in F, Op 18; Quartet No 9 in C, Op 59.
21:00
Twenty Minutes—The Rain Horse
Ted Hughes's short story about a man attacked by a ghostly black horse while out walking.
21:20
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from The Sage Gateshead, Beethoven - String Quartet No 15
2/2The Belcea Quartet in Beethoven's String Quartet No 15 in A minor, Op 132.
22:00
Night Waves—Life Is a Dream, The Master and Margarita, Tarkovsky's Films, Engineering
Philip Dodd reviews Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita at the Barbican in London.
22:45
The Essay—The Book that Changed Me, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
4/10Scientist Colin Blakemore praises a lesser-known work by Charles Darwin.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington with music from The Caretaker inspired by Schubert, plus Georgy Sviridov.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—22/03/2012
Jonathan Swain with a concert by the Kroger String Quartet and mezzo Andrea Pellegrini.
