Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—26/09/2012
Gounod's Romeo et Juliette from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's breakfast show, celebrating Piano Season on the BBC.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Holst: Choral Fantasia.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Field and Chopin (1782-1837 and 1810-1849), Field and Chopin Unsuccessful in Love
3/5Donald Macleod surveys the complicated love lives of John Field and Fryderyk Chopin.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2012, Episode 2
2/4Lawrence Power (viola), Antti Siirala (piano) in Brahms. Chiaroscuro Quartet in Mozart.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Philharmonic, Episode 3
3/5The BBC Philharmonic performs music by Anthony Burgess, Tchaikovsky and Rozsa.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Edmundsbury Cathedral
From St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—Leif Ove Andsnes, Lady Maisery, David Bintley
With live music from pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, Lady Maisery, plus David Bintley.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Field and Chopin (1782-1837 and 1810-1849), Field and Chopin Unsuccessful in Love
3/5Donald Macleod surveys the complicated love lives of John Field and Fryderyk Chopin.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, Strauss
1/2Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten.
20:15
Discovering Music—Zemlinsky - A Florentine Tragedy
Stephen Johnson surveys Alexander Zemlinsky's opera A Florentine Tragedy.
20:35
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, Zemlinsky
2/2Zemlinky's one-act opera A Florentine Tragedy.
22:00
Night Waves—Mars
Samira Ahmed examines the cultural significance of the planet Mars.
22:45
The Essay—The Piano in Five Pieces, Wendy Cope
3/5The poet Wendy Cope presents a personal look at pianos in her life.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington with music by Xenakis and Jason Steele, plus an antelope song from Mali.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—27/09/2012
Pianist François-Frédéric Guy plays Liszt's Harmonies poetiques et religieuses.
