Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—In the footsteps of castrato Caffarelli
Catriona Young presents a concert given by countertenor Franco Fagioli with Il Pomo d'Oro.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Ed Balls
Includes Artist of the Week: Georg Solti, featured conducting Offenbach's Gaite Parisienne
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), The Darling of Parisian Society
Donald Macleod focuses on how Saint-Georges became popular in Parisian society.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2016, Episode 1
1/4Pianist Janina Fialkowska and the Dante Quartet perform works by Chopin and Beethoven.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—French National Orchestra 2017, Episode 2
2/4The Orchestre National de France plays music by Berlioz, Chopin, Zemlinsky and Schubert.
16:30
In Tune—Mariam Batsashvili, Simon Rattle, Harry Christophers
Sean Rafferty's guests include conductors Simon Rattle and Harry Christophers.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), The Darling of Parisian Society
Donald Macleod focuses on how Saint-Georges became popular in Parisian society.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Mozart 250 - Music of 1767
Classical Opera performs music by Mozart, Gassmann, Gluck, JC Bach, Abel and Arne.
22:00
Free Thinking—The War of the Worlds sequel, Eimear McBride
Including the sequel to HG Wells's The War of the Worlds and 'experimental' novels.
22:45
The Essay—Heffer on Film - Kitchen Sink Cinema, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
2/5How Alan Sillitoe's novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was made into a film.
23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe with Nabihah Iqbal
Nick Luscombe is joined in the studio by DJ and ethnomusicologist Nabihah Iqbal.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Masaaki Suzuki conducts Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah
Catriona Young presents a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah from Danish Radio.
