Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Nielsen's Violin Concerto and Beethoven's Sixth Symphony
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Sound Frontiers: Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Live from London's Southbank Centre, Petroc Trelawny presents the Radio 3 breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Sound Frontiers: Thursday - Sarah Walker with John Finnemore
Artist of the Week: Andrew Manze, featured conducting Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 8.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Oliver Knussen (1952-), Sound Frontiers: Music About Music
4/5Composer Oliver Knussen explains to Donald Macleod drives him to write music.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2016, Episode 3
3/4Music by Beethoven and Bloch from the 2016 West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Rossini - Il Turco in Italia
Rossini's Opera Il Turco in Italia performed at the 2016 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
17:00
In Tune—Sound Frontiers: Sir Willard White, Carlos Acosta, Elin Manahan Thomas, Alex Mendham and his Orchestra.
Sean Rafferty's guests include Sir Willard White and Alex Mendham and his Orchestra.
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Evening
18:00
Drama on 3—The Present Experiment
Robin Brooks's comedy celebrating the birth of the Third Programme.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Sound Frontiers: The Philharmonia performs Stravinsky
The Philharmonia and Esa-Pekka Salonen in Stravinsky's Oedipus rex and Symphony of Psalms.
21:55
Three Score and Ten—Dame Edith Sitwell
1/50Ian McMillan introduces poet Dame Edith Sitwell reading in an archive recording from 1947
22:00
Free Thinking—Sound Frontiers: Fiction in 1946
Benjamin Markovits, Lara Feigel and Kevin Jackson discuss the best fiction of 1946.
22:45
The Essay—The Birthday Treat, Edwina Currie: A Ferry Across the Mersey
4/5Edwina Currie returns to the Mersey, where she once took part in a schoolgirl ritual.
23:00
Exposure—Glasgow
Verity Sharp hosts a gig from Glasgow with Daniel Padden, Nichola Scrutton and Mark Vernon
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Late
00:00
Late Junction—Gonjasufi's Mixtape
A mixtape of sounds chosen by vocalist, producer, DJ and yoga teacher Gonjasufi.
00:30
Through the Night—Evgeny Kissin with the New York Philharmonic
Jonathan Swain presents a gala concert from New York's Carnegie Hall with Evgeny Kissin.
