Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—United Continuo Ensemble and Tenor Jan Kobow at the 2012 Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival
John Shea presents a concert from the United Continuo Ensemble and tenor Jan Kobow.
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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 Ian Rankin
Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck conducts Bruckner's Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Rise of the Oratorio
4/5How Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility produced considerable results.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—London Resounding, Episode 3
3/4Viol consort Fretwork performs works by Hume, Lawes, Gibbons and Purcell.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Herold - Le Pre aux Clercs
Katie Derham introduces a Wexford Festival Opera performance of Herold's Le Pre aux Clercs
16:30
In Tune—Arcadia Quartet, Zuill Bailey, Ermonela Jaho
Sean Rafferty with the Arcadia Quartet, soprano Ermonela Jaho and cellist Zuill Bailey.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Rise of the Oratorio
4/5How Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility produced considerable results.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Mozart, Mendelssohn
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Julian Rachlin in music by Mozart and Mendelssohn.
22:00
Free Thinking—2015 Festival, Rule-Making and Rule-Breaking for Women and Men
Sheila Hancock, Neil Bartlett, Bim Adewunmi and headteacher Jonny Mitchell debate rules.
22:45
The Essay—Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes, Andrew Gallix
4/5Magazine editor Andrew Gallix reflects on what Barthes meant by 'the death of the author'.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Matona and Aine O'Dwyer
Nick Luscombe presents, with a session from oud player Matona with harpist Aine O'Dwyer.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—The Harmony of the Spheres
John Shea presents early and contemporary choral music from the Swedish Radio Chorus.
