Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Alexander String Quartet at the 2015 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
Catriona Young presents the second of two concerts by the Alexander String Quartet.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Sarah Walker with Gyles Brandreth
Including Artist of the Week: pianist Alfred Brendel in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), The Final Curtain
5/5Haydn's final, incomplete string quartet of 1803 and final mass, the Harmoniemesse.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2016, Episode 4
4/4Performances of Chopin Preludes, Schubert songs and Shostakovich's Piano Quintet.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Episode 4
4/4Performances of Liszt, Telemann, Reinhard Keiser, Buxtehude, Schubert and Cherubini.
16:30
In Tune—Phantasm, Anne Sofie von Otter, Julian Bliss
Live music from viol consort Phantasm, clarinettist Julian Bliss plus Anne Sofie von Otter
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), The Final Curtain
5/5Haydn's final, incomplete string quartet of 1803 and final mass, the Harmoniemesse.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Christian Lindberg and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Nielsen's Fifth Symphony
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Bernstein, Nielsen and Christian Lindberg.
22:00
The Verb—Andy Craven-Griffiths and Jennifer Reid
Ian McMillan's guests include New Voice-winner Andy Craven-Griffiths and Jennifer Reid.
22:45
The Essay—Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
10/10The spectacular state-of-the-art first performance of Handel's Royal Fireworks.
23:00
World on 3—Lopa Kothari - Nitin Sawhney in Session
Lopa Kothari with new world music and a live session in the studio from Nitin Sawhney.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Nelson Goerner and Dang Thai Son at the 2014 Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival
Catriona Young presents a concert given by pianists Nelson Goerner and Dang Thai Son.
