Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—16/04/2014
Catriona Young's selection includes Les Ambassadeurs in French baroque opera excerpts.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Featuring music by Handel and listeners' Georgian Gems.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Christine Walkden
With Rob Cowan. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Boyce: Symphony No 1 in B flat.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Thomas Arne (1710-1778), Irish Adventures
3/5Donald Macleod on Arne's success in Dublin, which was followed by bad fortune in London.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—East Neuk Festival 2013, Christian Zacharias
2/4Christian Zacharias (piano) performs Haydn and Schubert at the 2013 East Neuk Festival.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Berlin Philharmonic, Episode 3
3/4Berlin Philharmonic in Gabrieli, Rihm, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, Kurtag and Berlioz.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Chichester Cathedral
From Chichester Cathedral during Holy Week.
16:30
In Tune—Tate Matisse, Stephen Cleobury, Opera North
Sean Rafferty is at Tate Modern's Matisse exhibition. Plus live music in the studio.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Thomas Arne (1710-1778), Irish Adventures
3/5Donald Macleod on Arne's success in Dublin, which was followed by bad fortune in London.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—CPE Bach's St John Passion
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the UK premiere of CPE Bach's St John Passion.
22:00
Free Thinking—Mandeville's View of 18th-Century Economics
Matthew Sweet on the lessons about finance outlined in Mandeville's Fable of the Bees.
22:45
The Essay—The Retreating Roar, Salvation
3/5Madeleine Bunting on the decline of Christianity and the loss of the notion of salvation.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
NIck Luscombe with music from Emmylou Harris, Tito Burns, Xenakis, Bambooman and Seun Kuti
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—17/04/2014
Chamber music from the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra: Bach, Mozart and Schubert.
