Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Masaaki Suzuki conducts Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah
Catriona Young presents a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah from Danish Radio.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Ed Balls
Includes Artist of the Week: Georg Solti, featured conducting Beethoven's Symphony No 5.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), Composing Comic Opera
Donald Macleod focuses on Chevalier de Saint-Georges' being snubbed by the Paris Opera.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2016, Episode 2
2/4Janina Fialkowska, Robin Tritschler and Dante Quartet in Chopin, Hageman and Mendelssohn.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—French National Orchestra 2017, Episode 3
3/4The Orchestre National de France performs music by Berlioz, Connesson and Saint-Saens.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Bath Abbey - 2011 Archive
An archive programme, originally broadcast in 2011 from Bath Abbey.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Katie Stevenson, Nicholas Mogg, James O'Donnell, Daniel Grimwood
Sean Rafferty's guests include James O'Donnell and Daniel Grimwood.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), Composing Comic Opera
Donald Macleod focuses on Chevalier de Saint-Georges' being snubbed by the Paris Opera.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Grieg, Sibelius, Bartok
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Grieg, Sibelius and Bartok.
22:00
Free Thinking—The Influence of the British Black Art Movement
Artists Sonia Boyce, Isaac Julien, Eddie Chambers and Harold Offeh talk to Anne McElvoy.
22:45
The Essay—Heffer on Film - Kitchen Sink Cinema, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
3/5Simon Heffer explores the 1962 film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe with a powerful new remix, German post-punk and Nigerian synth-funk.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Brahms and Janacek from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Catriona Young introduces a performance of Brahms's Violin Concerto from Norway.
