Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival
John Shea presents a concert featuring the United Continuo Ensemble and tenor Jan Kobow.
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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 Pam Ferris
Includes Artist of the Week: pianist Wilhelm Kempff, featured in Schumann's Piano Concerto
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), A Sea of Misery
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the exotic sounds Puccini created for Madam Butterfly.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Aldeburgh Festival 2015, Episode 3
3/4Louis Lortie (piano) plays music by George Benjamin. Plus the Doric Quartet in Schubert.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Cherubini - Medea
Katie Derham presents Cherubini's opera Medea performed at the Grand Theatre in Geneva.
16:30
In Tune—Christian Curnyn, Emilie Renard, Lesley Garrett, ZRI
Ian Skelly with Lesley Garrett. Plus music from Christian Curnyn, Emilie Renard and ZRI.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), A Sea of Misery
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the exotic sounds Puccini created for Madam Butterfly.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Wigmore Hall: Carolyn Sampson and the Heath Quartet
Carolyn Sampson and the Heath Quartet in Bach, Musto, Webern and Schoenberg.
22:00
Free Thinking—2015 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year Debate
Anne McElvoy chairs the 2015 Museum of the Year directors' debate at Tate Modern in London
22:45
The Essay—World War One Round the World, Series 2, Delhi - Parting Words
4/5Shashi Tharoor explores Indian remembrances of the World War One.
23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt presents music by Charles Ives, Marcus Hamblett and Henry Purcell.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2014: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit
John Shea presents a concert given at the 2014 Proms by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
