Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Handel with Le Concert Spirituel and Herve Niquet
Catriona Young's selection includes Le Concert Spirituel and Herve Niquet in Handel.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's breakfast show, featuring Henry VIII and Gounod.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Howard Brenton
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Maria Callas.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), The Eternal City
3/5Donald Macleod consider the importance of Rome to Mascagni.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Music from Scotland, Episode 2
2/4Christine Brewer (soprano) and Roger Vignoles (piano) in Wagner, Strauss, Quilter, Britten
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Orchestras Live, BBC Concert Orchestra
3/5BBC CO in music by Antheil, Copland, Bennett, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Porter and Kern.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Lichfield Cathedral
From Lichfield Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Roman Rabinovich
With live music from the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and pianist Roman Rabinovich.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), The Eternal City
3/5Donald Macleod consider the importance of Rome to Mascagni.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Barbican, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Schreker, Busoni, Ravel, Schoenberg (part 1)
Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Schreker, Busoni and Ravel.
20:15
Discovering Music—Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Stephen Johnson explores Schoenberg's First Chamber Symphony.
20:35
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Barbican, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Schreker, Busoni, Ravel, Schoenberg (part 2)
The BBC SO in Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte. Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1.
22:00
Night Waves—Big Business, Art and the Middle East, Nebraska
Samira Ahmed discusses big business. Plus art and the Middle East and the film Nebraska.
22:45
The Essay—The Islamic Golden Age, Al-Kindi
8/20Professor James Montgomery discusses the life and work of Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe with music from early 70s Angola, plus Japanese electronica by Coppe.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Denis Kozhukhin at the 2013 International Chopin Piano Festival
With Catriona Young. Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin plays Franck, Haydn and Prokofiev.
