Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—13/03/2014
With Jonathan Swain. Francois Epinasse in an organ recital at St James's Basilica, Prague.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Alice Goodman
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Rameau: Les Boreades (excerpts).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), The Land Where the Lemon Trees Grow
4/5Donald Macleod explores the musical fruits of Mendelssohn's travels.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival 2014, Episode 3
3/4Music by Grieg and Prokofiev from the 2014 Belfast Music Society Chamber Music Festival.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Strauss 150 - Feuersnot
A performance given in Munich's Prinzregententheater of Strauss's one-act opera Feuersnot.
16:30
In Tune—Julie Andrews, Thomas Sondergard, Aaron Weinstein
Guests include Julie Andrews, Thomas Sondergard, Aaron Weinstein and Gillian Keith.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), The Land Where the Lemon Trees Grow
4/5Donald Macleod explores the musical fruits of Mendelssohn's travels.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, BBC SO - Sculthorpe, Leek, Wallen, Elgar (part 1)
1/2BBC SO and BBC Singers in music by Peter Sculthorpe, Stephen Leek and Errollyn Wallen.
20:15
Commonwealth Stories—Blood on the Door, by Kei Miller
4/5Jamaican writer Kei Miller's short story of faith in the face of adversity.
20:35
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, BBC SO - Sculthorpe, Leek, Wallen, Elgar (part 2)
2/2Nicholas Collon conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Symphony No 1.
22:00
Free Thinking—Jonathan Lethem, Gary Shteyngart
American authors Jonathan Lethem and Gary Shteyngart are in conversation with Samira Ahmed
22:45
The Essay—Commonwealth Questions, Farah Ghuznavi
4/5Writer Farah Ghuznavi explains why she no longer sees the Commonwealth as an irrelevance.
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Anne Hilde Neset
Anne Hilde Neset with vocoded songs, Maria Minerva and new music from Fire! Orchestra.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—14/03/2014
With Nicholas Angelich and Francois-Frederic Guy performing a Brahms piano concerto each.
