Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—07/06/2013
John Shea presents a concert from the 2009 Proms with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. 20 Great British Works: Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), The Final Years
5/5Donald Macleod focuses on two major works from the last years of Vaughan Williams's life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Britten 100 - Song Cycles at Wigmore Hall, Episode 4
4/4Music by Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne; Cello Sonata in C, Op 65.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Britten around Britten, Episode 4
4/4Katie Derham presents music by McCabe, Britten, Mozart, Panufnik and Dvorak.
16:30
In Tune—William Howard, Consortium5
With live music from pianist William Howard and recorder quintet Consortium5.
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Evening
18:15
Composer of the Week—Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), The Final Years
5/5Donald Macleod focuses on two major works from the last years of Vaughan Williams's life.
19:15
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Snape Maltings, Peter Grimes - Act 1
1/3From the opening night of the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival, Act 1 of Britten's Peter Grimes.
20:20
Twenty Minutes—The Captain's Apprentice
The history of a traditional song that influenced Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes.(R)
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Snape Maltings, Peter Grimes - Act 2
2/3From the opening night of the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival, Act 2 of Britten's Peter Grimes.
21:40
Twenty Minutes—Suffolk Sounds
Simon Barnes on the sounds of the Suffolk coast, which inspired Britten's Peter Grimes.(R)
22:00
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Snape Maltings, Peter Grimes - Act 3
3/3From the opening night of the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival, Act 3 of Britten's Peter Grimes.
22:45
The Essay—What Is a Nation?, Europe
5/5Focusing on Europe, Michael Goldfarb asks if old ideas of nationhood are still relevant.(R)
23:00
World on 3—Yasmine Hamdan in Session
Lopa Kothari presents world music and a session from Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—08/06/2013
John Shea introduces a performance of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony from the 2012 Proms.
