Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Maria Joao Pires, Julien Brocal - Chopin and his Europe festival
Catriona Young introduces a piano recital from Maria Joao Pires and Julien Brocal.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with Alistair McGowan
Includes Artist of the Week: Sarah Connolly, featured in Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), The Little Leopard and the Great Lion
4/5Brahms's collaboration with the court of Saxe-Meiningen's musical director, Hans von Bulow
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cottier Chamber Project, Episode 3
3/4Soprano Kate Valentine and a cello ensemble perform Bach, Josquin, Mompou and Villa-Lobos.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 15
From Proms 2016, BBC SO in Tchaikovsky, Anthony Payne, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.
16:30
In Tune—Diana Ambache, John Storgards, Vadim Gluzman and Lera Auerbach
Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from Diana Ambache and Vadim Gluzman.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), The Little Leopard and the Great Lion
4/5Brahms's collaboration with the court of Saxe-Meiningen's musical director, Hans von Bulow(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2016, Prom 17: Roger Norrington conducts Berlioz, Beethoven and Brahms
The Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR in music by Berlioz, Beethoven and Brahms.
22:00
Sunday Feature—A Secret Life: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness
Patrick Wright investigates why German writer Uwe Johnson chose to live in Sheerness.(R)
22:45
The Essay—The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything, The Nebula in Orion
2/5Omar Nasim discusses the very first pictures of a nebula, taken by Henry Draper in 1880.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe with Paul Morley's David Bowie Mixtape
Nick Luscombe presents a special mixtape of David Bowie oddities compiled by Paul Morley.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Swain presents studio performances from the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.
