Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—18/10/2012
Organist Petr Cech in works by Klicka, Tichy, Wiedermann and Alexandre Guilmant.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's breakfast show, celebrating the BBC's piano season.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Includes Sarah's Essential Choice: CPE Bach: Concerto in E flat, Wq 47.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909), Episode 4
4/5Donald Macleod introduces music which reflects the two composers' various interests.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Solo Bach at St Luke's, Mahan Esfahani
3/4Mahan Esfahani plays solo harpsichord music by Bach, including his Partita No 5 in G.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 4
4/5Penny Gore presents the BBC NOW performing music by Leighton and Mahler.
16:45
Opera on 3—Wagner's Ring, Die Walkure, Acts 1 and 2
1/2Acts 1 and 2 of Die Walkure, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra under Antonio Pappano.
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Evening
20:15
Night Waves—Wagner
Anne McElvoy maps the intellectual development which informed Richard Wagner's work.
21:00
The Writers' Ring Cycle—The Twins of Whiting Bay
2/4Jackie Kay's short story The Twins of Whiting Bay, inspired by Wagner's Die Walkure.
21:35
Opera on 3—Wagner's Ring, Die Walkure, Act 3
2/2Act 3 of Wagner's Die Walkure, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra under Antonio Pappano.
22:55
The Essay—Anglo-Saxon Portraits, Three Alpha Females
4/30Martin Carver recreates the lives of three powerful pagan women.
23:10
Late Junction—Thursday - Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp presents music by the Dead Rat Orchestra, Current 93 and Meredith Monk.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—19/10/2012
Concert from the Winter Festival in Roros: chamber music by Beethoven, Debussy and Brahms.
