Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—18/01/2013
The Sydney Symphony under Simone Young performs music by Wagner, Szymanowski and Bruckner.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Part 1).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—John Williams (1932-), Star Wars Revisited
5/5John Williams on the challenges of returning to the Star Wars series nearly two decades on
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Chamber Music in Belfast, Maxim Rysanov
4/4Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Ashley Wass (piano) play Bach, Martinu, Brahms and Dubugnon.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Best of British with the BBC Orchestras, Episode 4
4/4Music from BBC orchestras, by Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Bax, Britten, Elgar and Walton.
16:30
In Tune—Quatuor Zaide, Trish Clowes, Edmund de Waal
With live music from jazz saxophonist Trish Clowes and Quatuor Zaide.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—John Williams (1932-), Star Wars Revisited
5/5John Williams on the challenges of returning to the Star Wars series nearly two decades on
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Barbican in London, Elgar, Qigang Chen
1/2Long Yu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Elgar and Qigang Chen.
20:20
Discovering Music—Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Stephen Johnson explores Haydn's Symphony No. 104.
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Barbican in London, Raymond Yiu, Haydn
2/2Long Yu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Raymond Yiu and Haydn.
22:00
The Verb—The Snow Verb
Ian McMillan's guests include John Burnside, Gillian Clarke and Gavin Francis.
22:45
The Essay—Five Portraits of Science, Albert Einstein
5/5Writer Richard Hamblyn considers the cultural afterlife of Albert Einstein.
23:00
World on 3—Celtic Connections 2013
Mary Ann Kennedy presents a special programme from the 2013 Celtic Connections festival.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—19/01/2013
John Shea presents pianist Boris Berezovsky performing Chopin and Liszt in Lisbon in 2011.
