Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—13/05/2014
From Proms 2013: Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Lisa Batiashvili and the BBC SO.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 6.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Reimagining a Warhorse
2/5Donald introduces three very different interpretations of Grieg's famous Piano Concerto.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Russian Romantics, Nikolai Demidenko
1/4Nikolai Demidenko (piano) performs music by Glinka, Blumenfeld, Medtner and Mussorgsky.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Great Ballets of the Twentieth Century, Episode 2
2/4James Jolly presents music by Glazunov, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Falla and Prokofiev.
16:30
In Tune—Tana Quartet, Nikolai Lugansky, Gyorgy Pauk, James Rutherford
Sean Rafferty with the Tana Quartet, pianist Nikolai Lugansky and bass James Rutherford.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Reimagining a Warhorse
2/5Donald introduces three very different interpretations of Grieg's famous Piano Concerto.
19:30
BBC Young Musician—2014, Percussion Category Final
Martin Handley has coverage of the Percussion Category Final of BBC Young Musician 2014.
22:00
Free Thinking—Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki, Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad
Matthew Sweet reviews Godzilla and The Wind Rises, plus Lily Cole in The Last Days of Troy
22:45
The Essay—TV Dinners to Roadside Diners, Joyce Maynard
2/5American writer Joyce Maynard talks about winter gales and bowls of popcorn.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Tuesday - Anne Hilde Neset
Anne Hilde Neset's selection includes recordings from the Tectonics Festival in Glasgow.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—14/05/2014
John Shea's selection includes excerpts from Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades.
