Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—13/12/2012
John Shea presents a performance of Smetana's Ma Vlast from the 2011 Proms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Schumann: Fantasie in C.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Delalande and Marais (1657-1726 and 1656-1728), Episode 4
4/5Donald Macleod on how Louis XIV's death in 1715 brought changes for Delalande and Marais.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—South West Festivals 2012, Episode 3
3/8Including performances for cello by Adrian Brendel and Ralph Kirshbaum.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov
John Shea presents the Vienna Philharmonic in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
16:30
In Tune—Rolando Villazon, Catrin Finch, Elin Manahan Thomas, Paul McCreesh
With guests including tenor Rolando Villazon, harpist Catrin Finch and Paul McCreesh.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Delalande and Marais (1657-1726 and 1656-1728), Episode 4
4/5Donald Macleod on how Louis XIV's death in 1715 brought changes for Delalande and Marais.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Bartok
1/2BBC SSO in Bartok: Suite (The Miraculous Mandarin); Piano Concerto No 2.
20:15
Discovering Music—Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis
Stephen Johnson explores Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis.
20:35
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Hindemith
2/2BBC SSO: Hindemith: Trauermusik; Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber
22:00
Free Thinking—2012 Festival, Lindsay Johns
From Free Thinking 2012, Lindsay Johns argues that we should stop listening to the young.
22:45
The Essay—The Meaning of Trees, Series 1, Willow
4/5Fiona Stafford discusses the willow, a strong, highly versatile and fast growing tree.
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp presents music from Greece and England plus jazz trio Troyka.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—14/12/2012
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in a recital of music by Beethoven, Brahms and Schoenberg.
