Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Slovenian National Day
Jonathan Swain presents a concert celebrating Slovenian national day.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 20 Favourite Voices.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker with Simon Russell Beale
With Artist of the Week: Simon Preston, featured in music by Handel and Mendelssohn.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Arvo Part (1935-), Eternity and Purpose
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the years after Part's move to the West in 1980.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Great Music in Irish Houses 2015, Episode 3
3/4Nielsen and Mendelssohn performed at the 2015 KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Nielsen 150 - Maskarade
Penny Gore presents a performance of Nielsen's opera Maskarade.
16:30
In Tune—Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Kate Whitley and Christopher Stark, Melvyn Tan and the T'ang Quartet
Sean Rafferty's guests include pianist Melvyn Tan with the T'ang Quartet.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Arvo Part (1935-), Eternity and Purpose
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the years after Part's move to the West in 1980.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—London Sinfonietta - Birtwistle, Knussen, Saed Haddad, Benjamin, Ligeti
The London Sinfonietta in Birtwistle, Knussen, Saed Haddad, George Benjamin and Ligeti.
22:00
Free Thinking—Tales of Scotland: A Nation and its Literature
Anne McElvoy talks to Janice Galloway about explorations of Scottishness.
22:45
The Essay—Minds at War: Series 2, Parade
4/5Richard Cork discusses Pablo Picasso's designs for the Ballets Russes production Parade.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Marcus Hamblett, James Holden, Mark Holub
Max Reinhardt with a session from Marcus Hamblett, James Holden and Mark Holub.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2014: BBC SO in Vaughan Williams and Alwyn
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Vaughan Williams and Alwyn from the 2014 Proms.
