Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2016: Chloe Hanslip with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Michael Berkeley's Violin Concerto.
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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 Joan Bakewell
With Artist of the Week: pianist Dinu Lipatti, featured performing Grieg's Piano Concerto.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), Island Life
4/5How the landscape and people of the Orkney Islands influenced Maxwell Davies's music.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Russian Revolutionaries, Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture - Russian Revolutionaries. Anna Vinnitskaya
3/4Anna Vinnitskaya (piano) performs Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev at LSO St Luke's
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee - Otto Nicolai's Il templario'
Katie Derham presents Nicolai's opera Il templario from the 2016 Salzburg Festival.
16:30
In Tune—She'Koyokh, Manfred Honeck, Nathalia Milstein
Suzy Klein's guests include klezmer band She'Koyokh and conductor Manfred Honeck.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), Island Life
4/5How the landscape and people of the Orkney Islands influenced Maxwell Davies's music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Janack, Mendelssohn, Smetana, Dvorak
Otto Tausk conducts the BBC NOW in music by Janack, Mendelssohn, Smetana and Dvorak.
22:00
Free Thinking—Rodney Graham at Baltic, The Amber Collective
New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari visits exhibitions opening in Gateshead and Newcastle
22:45
The Essay—A Body of Essays: Series 2, Thomas Lynch - Whence and Whither: Some Thoughts on Uteri, on Wombs
5/5Michigan-based undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the uterus.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe with a Tyondai Braxton mixtape
Nick Luscombe presents a mixtape compiled by Brooklyn composer Tyondai Braxton.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Richard Galliano with Solistes Europeens
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg.
