Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Caldara's Morte e sepoltura di Cristo
Jonathan Swain's selection includes Caldara's oratorio Morte e sepoltura di Cristo.
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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 - Sarah Walker with Declan Donnellan
With Rob Cowan. Includes Essential Choice: Schoenberg: Six Little Piano Pieces.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Judith Weir (1954-), Storytelling in Sound
4/5Judith Weir discusses her composing method and her sources for finding text.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—The Songs of Duparc, Episode 3
3/4Joseph Middleton (piano), Jane Irwin (soprano) in Duparc, Wolf, Liszt, Chausson and Wagner
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen
Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen in a performance from the Vienna Staatsoper.
16:30
In Tune—Noriko Ogawa, Red Priest, Jonathan Dove, James MacMillan
Pianist Noriko Ogawa, ensemble Red Priest, and composers Jonathan Dove and James MacMillan
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Judith Weir (1954-), Storytelling in Sound
4/5Judith Weir discusses her composing method and her sources for finding text.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—BBC SSO - Simpson, MacMillan, Rachmaninov
Andrew Litton leads the BBC SSO in music by Mark Simpson, James MacMillan and Rachmaninov.
22:00
Free Thinking—Patricia Duncker, Adrienne Mayor on the Amazons, Harriet Walter and Guy Paul
Patricia Duncker talks about George Eliot, and Adrienne Mayor discusses Amazonian women.
22:45
The Essay—On Earth, as It Is in Heaven, Forgive Us Our Trespasses
4/5Michigan-based poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch considers a line from the Lord's Prayer.
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe's selection includes Mahmoud Ahmed, Francis Bebey and DM Stith.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Bach's St Matthew Passion
Includes the BBC Philharmonic under Simon Rattle performing Bach's St Matthew Passion.
