Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Poland's Music in Paradise Festival
Catriona Young presents performancse from the 2014 Music in Paradise early music festival.
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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 Antony Beevor
Artist of the Week: pianist Clara Haskil, featured in Schumann's Waldszenen, Op 82.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Lightning Strikes
4/5How the ancient Greek and Roman worlds provided inspiration for Rimsky-Korsakov's music.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice, Episode 3
3/4Poulenc, Schumann, Walton and Muriel Herbert, with Aoife Miskelly and Ilker Arcayurek.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Handel - Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
Le Concert d'Astree performs Handel's oratorio Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno.
16:30
In Tune—Veronique Gens, Benjamin Appl, Sir Mark Elder
Suzy Klein's guests include Veronique Gens, Benjamin Appl and Sir Mark Elder.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Lightning Strikes
4/5How the ancient Greek and Roman worlds provided inspiration for Rimsky-Korsakov's music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Edinburgh International Festival 2016, Russian National Orchestra - Valentin Silvestrov, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin
4/5The Russian National Orchestra in music by Valentin Silvestrov, Tchaikovsky and Scriabin.
22:00
Free Thinking—Energy and Landscape: Edward Burtynsky, Ella Hickson
Philip Dodd is joined by artist Edward Burtynsky and playwright Ella Hickson.
22:45
The Essay—The Meaning of Flowers, Magnolia
4/5Fiona Stafford discusses magnolias, which are among the oldest plants in the world.
23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe presents a singing IBM computer and field recordings of the river Seine.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Suk's First Symphony and Praga
Catriona Young presents studio recordings from Czech Radio of orchestral music by Suk.
