Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Period Piano Duets
With a programme of period piano duets, featuring Andreas Staier and Tobias Koch.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny and the BBC Singers live with the 2016 Radio 3 Carol Competition.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Tony Robinson
With Artist of the Week: Charles Munch, featured conducting Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Francesca Caccini and Her Circle, Music as propaganda
Francesca Caccini’s music is used as a political weapon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—London Resounding, Episode 3
3/4Viol consort Fretwork performs works by Hume, Lawes, Gibbons and Purcell.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Performing Groups Live, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra live from Glasgow
4/5Live from City Halls, Glasgow, the BBC SSO in Mendelssohn, Mahler, Britten and Rossini.
16:30
In Tune—The King's Men, Jenny Lin, Michael Berkeley
Sean Rafferty's guests are The King's Men, pianist Jenny Lin and composer Michael Berkeley
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Francesca Caccini and Her Circle, Music as propaganda
Francesca Caccini’s music is used as a political weapon
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky, Saariaho, Prokofiev
The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Tchaikovsky, Saariaho and Prokofiev.
22:00
Free Thinking—Calling to Account: Bronwen Maddox, Margaret Hodge, Matthew Parris
Anne McElvoy asks if public enquiries are good government. Plus Matthew Parris on scorn.
22:45
The Essay—The Further Realm, The Further Realm: Episode 4
4/5Andrew celebrates the tome Phantasms of the Living.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Jerusalem and Other Stories
A collaborative session with Matthew Kaner, Ross Sutherland and The Golden Age of Steam.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Spanish Baroque Guitar Recital
Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded in locations around Europe.
