Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—13/10/2012
Symphonies by Mendelssohn and Brahms performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, celebrating the BBC's piano season.
09:00
CD Review—Building a Library: Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Bach: Concerto for two violins.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—Pierrot Lunaire, Inside-Out Piano, Saint-Saens
Tom meets conductor Kent Nagano in his new role as music director at Hamburg State Opera.
13:00
The Early Music Show—Period Piano, Episode 1
1/2Lucie Skeaping charts the piano's the progression from its origins in Florence.
14:00
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Wigmore Hall: Jennifer Johnston
Mezzo Jennifer Johnston sings Wolf, Britten and Mahler with Joseph Middleton (piano).(R)
15:00
Saturday Classics—Piano Season: Marc-Andre Hamelin
Pianist and composer Marc-Andre Hamelin chooses music with extreme piano playing.
17:00
Jazz Record Requests—13/10/2012
Alyn Shipton with requests including Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Hampton Hawes.
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Handel's Jephtha
WNO's production of Handel's Jephtha from Wales Millennium Centre. Paul Goodwin conducts.
21:30
The Wire—Everything Between Us
David Ireland's darkly comic drama about peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
22:30
Hear and Now—13/10/2012
Ivan Hewett presents music performed at the 2012 Vale of Glamorgan Festival.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—The Piano Trio, Episode 1
1/2Geoffrey Smith surveys the development of the piano trio in the 1940s and 50s.
01:00
Through the Night—14/10/2012
Presented by Susan Sharpe. Including a concert from the 2009 Varazdin Festival in Croatia.
