Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—06/12/2012
Jonathan Swain explores the work of influential American composer Steve Reich.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates the festive season with Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Napoleon's Music, Episode 4
4/5Gifts of cash and jewels abound as Napoleon lures the very best musicians to his court.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's Imogen Cooper and Friends Series, Episode 3
3/4Imogen Cooper (piano) and Adrian Brendel (cello) perform Bach, Beethoven and Schubert.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Live Music from the BBC's Orchestras and Singers, Episode 4
4/5The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music by Bartok and Hindemith.
16:30
In Tune—The Brook Street Band, Louis de Bernieres
With live music from the Brook Street Band plus author Louis de Bernieres.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Napoleon's Music, Episode 4
4/5Gifts of cash and jewels abound as Napoleon lures the very best musicians to his court.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Halle, Asbury - Rachmaninov and Prokofiev
Stefan Asbury conducts the Halle orchestra in music by Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.
22:00
Free Thinking—2012 Festival, Colm Toibin
Irish writer Colm Toibin talks to Philip Dodd at the 2012 Free Thinking festival.
22:45
The Essay—Napoleon and Me, Kirsteen McCue
4/5Kirsteen McCue discusses singing and interpreting James Hogg's Scottish Napoleonic songs.
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp with music from Thailand, some smoky blues and a duo from Iran.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—07/12/2012
The KBS Symphony Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta plays Corigliano, Barber and Copland.
