Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—24/10/2013
Catriona Young's selection includes Brahms's First Piano Concerto.
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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: Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Sons of the Sun
4/5Donald Macleod explores Lully's collaboration with a new librettist: Thomas Corneille.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich, LSO St Luke's (Bach, Britten, Shostakovich): Alban Gerhardt
3/4Alban Gerhardt in a solo cello recital, featuring suites by Bach and Britten.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Verdi 200: Ernani
Penny Gore presents a classic recording of Verdi's opera Ernani.
16:30
In Tune—Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Knauer
Live music from the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and pianist Sebastian Knauer.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Sons of the Sun
4/5Donald Macleod explores Lully's collaboration with a new librettist: Thomas Corneille.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from City Halls in Glasgow, BBC SSO - Schnelzer, Rachmaninov, Nielsen (part 1)
1/2Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in music by Albert Schnelzer and Rachmaninov.
20:10
Discovering Music—Nielsen Symphony No. 4
Stephen Johnson explores the structure of Nielsen's Fourth Symphony.
20:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from City Halls in Glasgow, BBC SSO - Schnelzer, Rachmaninov, Nielsen (part 2)
2/2Thomas Dausgaard leads the BBC SSO in Nielsen's Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable).
22:00
Night Waves—The New Common Reader
Matthew Sweet examines the place of reading in a digital age.(R)
22:45
The Essay—Autumn 1973, The Opec Oil Embargo
4/5Michael Goldfarb on the personal and political disruption the 1973 Opec oil embargo caused
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Session featuring Appalachian old-time band Black Twig Pickers with singer Richard Dawson.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—25/10/2013
Catriona Young introduces a performance of Schoenberg's epic Gurrelieder.
