Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Nelson Goerner: Piano Recital
Catriona Young's selection includes a recital of Chopin, featuring pianist Nelson Goerner.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Penelope Keith
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential Choice: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Rediscovering the Piano
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on Bartok's re-emergence as a composer and pianist after WWI.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Welsh Festivals, Episode 3
3/4With the world premiere of Hilary Tann's String Quartet No 1. Plus Schumann and Scriabin.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Vivaldi - Ottone in Villa
Penny Gore presents a performance of Vivaldi's opera Ottone in Villa.
16:30
In Tune—Gianandrea Noseda, New London Chamber Choir, Richard Lewis Royal Academy of Music Song Circle
Sean Rafferty with conductor Gianandrea Noseda, New London Chamber Choir and RAM students.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Rediscovering the Piano
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on Bartok's re-emergence as a composer and pianist after WWI.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Royal Northern Sinfonia - Turnage, Prokofiev, Sibelius, Beethoven
From Sage Gateshead, Royal Northern Sinfonia in Turnage, Prokofiev, Sibelius and Beethoven
22:00
Free Thinking—Race in America: Selma, Joyce Carol Oates, Timberlake Wertenbaker
Including Joyce Carol Oates's new novel, the film Selma and the play Jefferson's Garden.
22:45
The Essay—The Fall and Rise of the British Castle, The British Castle: A Woman's Place
4/5Prof Roberta Gilchrist discusses the place of women in the history of British castles.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Beauty in the Bleak: Thomas Bloch, Kemper Norton, Requiem for Water
The latest collaborative session, with a Cristal Bachet and a disused silo in California.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Britten, Strauss, Mozart and Schubert
Catriona Young presents a programme of music by Britten, Strauss, Mozart and Schubert.
