Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—16/05/2013
John Shea presents a concert with Philippe Herreweghe and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic.
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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 - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Bloch: Schelomo.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), Hummel and Weimar
4/5Donald Macleod traces Hummel's move from Stuttgart to Weimar.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Clandeboye Festival 2012, Episode 3
3/4Songs from Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch and Schumann's String Quartet in A, Op 41.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Rachmaninov - Aleko
Katie Derham presents a performance given in Turin of Rachmaninov's opera Aleko.
16:30
In Tune—Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Martin Frost, Elias Quartet, Bruce Brubaker, Elliott Wheeler
Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill. With live music from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), Hummel and Weimar
4/5Donald Macleod traces Hummel's move from Stuttgart to Weimar.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Bach, Pintscher
1/2BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Pintscher in music by Bach and Pintscher.
20:10
Twenty Minutes—I Predict a Riot
Ivan Hewett explores the myths that surround the first performance of The Rite of Spring.
20:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Stravinsky
2/2The BBC SSO under Mattias Pintscher in a performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
22:00
Night Waves—Acting Styles, Propaganda and Power, Jesse Norman
Anne McElvoy discusses the political legacy of Edmund Burke.
22:45
The Essay—Living Abroad, Italy
4/5Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in early 1960s Italy.
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Hacker Farm and Emanuele de Raymondi.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—17/05/2013
John Shea presents a programme celebrating 25 years of the Grieg Trio.













