Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Schubert's Winterreise at the Vilabertran Schubertiada festival
John Shea presents a concert from the 2015 Vilabertran Schubertiada festival in Catalonia.
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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 - Rob Cowan with Garry Richardson
Including Proms Artist of the Week: Alban Gerhardt, featured in Alkan's Cello Sonata in E.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—George Butterworth and His Contemporaries, Over the Hills and Far Away
4/5How the musical language of composers like Butterworth drew on a broad net of influences.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Rudolf Buchbinder at the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival, Episode 3
3/4Rudolf Buchbinder performs Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Op 27 No 1; Op 49 No 2; Op 22.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 20: Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz's epic Romeo and Juliet.
16:30
In Tune—Kathryn Rudge, Jeremy Summerly
Sean Rafferty's guests include Kathryn Rudge, Christopher Glynn and Fanny Waterman.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—George Butterworth and His Contemporaries, Over the Hills and Far Away
4/5How the musical language of composers like Butterworth drew on a broad net of influences.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2016, Prom 26: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen
BBC Symphony Orchestra under Oliver Knussen in music by Brahms and Reinbert de Leeuw.
22:00
Sunday Feature—From Convent to Concert Hall
Kate Kennedy reviews four female string players who were pioneering in their own lifetimes(R)
22:45
The Essay—The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything, The Tichborne Claimant
5/5Exploring how an 1866 photograph of a butcher taken in Australia changed British law.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt previews Supernormal Festival
Max Reinhardt previews the Supernormal Festival, a celebration of music and visual arts.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Shostakovich and Brahms from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents a concert from Poland featuring Shostakovich and Brahms.
