Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 and 7
With the Danish National Chamber Orchestra under Adam Fischer in Beethoven symphonies.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Playlist.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Rob Cowan with James May
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Bach: The Art of Fugue (excerpt).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), The Civil Servant
2/5Donald Macleod focuses on how Wagner's music inspired Chabrier's opera Gwendoline.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Elias Quartet Beethoven Cycle, Episode 2
2/5Elias Quartet in Beethoven String Quartets: in B flat, Op 18 No 6 and in A minor, Op 132.
14:20
Afternoon Concert—BBC Performing Groups Best of 2014, Episode 2
2/5With the BBC NOW in Bartok and Barber, and the BBC Singers in music by Tippett and Bingham
16:30
Words and Music—The Eternal City
Texts and music about life in ancient Rome. Readers: Sian Phillips and Peter Marinker.(R)
17:45
New Generation Artists—30/12/2014
Radio 3 New Generation Artists perform music by Rachmaninov, Chopin and Nielsen.
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Evening
19:00
BBC Proms 2014—Prom 67: Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Behzad Ranjbaran
The Qatar Philharmonic performs music by Behzad Ranjbaran, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.(R)
21:00
BBC Proms 2014—Prom 45: Late Night with Laura Mvula
Prom featuring James Buckley's orchestral remix of Laura Mvula's album Sing to the Moon.(R)
22:45
The Essay—World War One Round the World, St Petersburg - White Flowers and Revolution
Novelist Tatyana Tolstaya tells a St Petersburg audience how World War I changed Russia.
23:00
Late Junction—Verckys and Orchestre Veve, Ruth Wall, Susannah Austin, Sam Lee
Max Reinhardt with Congolese funk, the Sans Day Carol for harp and a visit from Sam Lee.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Attilio Ariosti's La fede ne' tradimenti
Jonathan Swain's selection includes a performance of Ariosti's La fede ne' tradimenti.
