Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—2014 Proms: Vaughan Williams and Alwyn
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Vaughan Williams and Alwyn from the 2014 Proms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Stella Rimington
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Gershwin: Piano Concerto.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Political Alliances
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on Ethel Smyth's association with the suffragettes.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Russian Romantics, Boris Giltburg
3/4Boris Giltburg plays Russian Romantic piano music by Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette and Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Penny Gore introduces the story of Romeo and Juliet as interpreted by Berlioz and Bellini.
16:30
In Tune—Julia Lezhneva, Philippe Graffin
Live music from Philippe Graffin and Tango Factory, plus soprano Julia Lezhneva.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Political Alliances
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on Ethel Smyth's association with the suffragettes.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—BBC SSO - Sibelius, Beethoven
Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in music by Sibelius and Beethoven.
22:00
Free Thinking—David Grossman
Matthew Sweet is in conversation with Israeli novelist David Grossman.(R)
22:45
The Essay—The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything, The Broom Cottages
4/5Elizabeth Edwards on W Jerome Harrison's photo of the Broom cottages in Warwickshire.
23:00
Late Junction—Kadialy Kouyaté, Yam Yam, Sam Lee
Max Reinhardt welcomes kora player Kadialy Kouyaté to the studio.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Great British Symphonies: Elgar and Vaughan Williams
Includes Proms performances of Elgar's Second and Vaughan Williams's London symphonies.
