Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Mozart from the Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Catriona Young presents an all-Mozart concert from the Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
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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 with Beeban Kidron
With Artist of the Week: pianist Steven Osborne, featured in music by Prokofiev.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Sibelius the Finn, War
4/5Three of Sibelius's most powerful - and unusual - evocations of the Finnish character.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Scots in Glasgow, Episode 3
3/4Steven Osborne performs Beethoven's final two piano sonatas in Glasgow.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore
Katie Derham with Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
16:30
In Tune—Eusebius Quartet, Tim Crawford, Daniel Tong, Jonathan Cohen, Andrei Iliushkin
Sean Rafferty's guests include the Eusebius Quartet, Jonathan Cohen and Andrei Iliushkin.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Sibelius the Finn, War
4/5Three of Sibelius's most powerful - and unusual - evocations of the Finnish character.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Cuarteto Casals - Mozart's Haydn Quartets
Cuarteto Casals play Mozart's Haydn quartets at Wigmore Hall in London.
22:00
Free Thinking—Chibundu Onuzo, Nadeem Aslam, Lockwood Kipling's Art
Anne McElvoy explores novels set in Pakistan and Nigeria. Plus the art of Lockwood Kipling
22:45
The Essay—Cornerstones, Fire Rocks
4/5Novelist Sarah Moss discusses basalt and dolerite, the fire rocks that underpin castles.
23:00
Late Junction—Anne Hilde Neset with a Fenriz Mixtape
Anne Hilde Neset presents a surprising mixtape from the lord of black metal Fenriz.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Martha Argerich Project 2016
Catriona Young presents a concert featuring Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A, Op 81.
