Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—BBC Concert Orchestra perform Walter Braunfels
John Shea presents the BBC Concert Orchestra performing music by Walter Braunfels.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Jeanette Winterson
Artist of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin in Spohr's Nonet.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Henry Cowell (1897-1965), A Life Interrupted
3/5Donald Macleod discusses Cowell's incarceration in San Quentin prison on a morals charge.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—New Generation Artists at Sage Gateshead, Kitty Whately
2/4British mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately performs a Shakespearean-themed programme.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 3
3/4Penny Gore presents the BBC SSO playing Mahler's Tenth Symphony, completed by Deryck Cooke
15:30
Choral Evensong—Rochester Cathedral
From Rochester Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—Penelope Thwaites, Timothy West, Stephen Varcoe, Alisa Weilerstein, Viviane Chassot, David Pia
Pianist Penelope Thwaites, baritone Stephen Varcoe and actor Timothy West perform live.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Henry Cowell (1897-1965), A Life Interrupted
3/5Donald Macleod discusses Cowell's incarceration in San Quentin prison on a morals charge.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC Symphony Barbican Season 2015-16: Mozart, Schoenberg, Strauss
Live from the Barbican, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo in Viennese music.
22:00
Free Thinking—Home: Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker
Ideas of home: Marilynne Robinson, Edwin Heathcote, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker.
22:45
The Essay—Homage to Caledonia, Homage to Caledonia: Morality and Misery
3/5Writer and comedian AL Kennedy celebrates Scottish 'dourness'.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt presents a selection of unpopular music.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Haydn, Chausson and Scriabin performed in Zagreb
John Shea presents a concert given by the Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra.
