Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Richard Galliano with Solistes Europeens
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Sarah Walker with Joan Bakewell
With Artist of the Week: Dinu Lipatti, featured in Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), Rage Against the Dying of the Light
5/5Donald Macleod explores Peter Maxwell Davies's late works from the 21st century.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Russian Revolutionaries, Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture - Russian Revolutionaries. Vadym Kholodenko
4/4Vadym Kholodenko (piano) performs Rachmaninov and Medtner at LSO St Luke's in London.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Friday - Ulster Orchestra
The Ulster Orchestra in music by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.
16:30
In Tune—Free Thinking
Suzy Klein presents from Sage Gateshead, launching the 2017 Free Thinking Featival.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), Rage Against the Dying of the Light
5/5Donald Macleod explores Peter Maxwell Davies's late works from the 21st century.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Free Thinking: Royal Northern Sinfonia at Sage Gateshead
Royal Northern Sinfonia and pianist Lars Vogt perform Beethoven, Prokofiev and Haydn.
22:00
Free Thinking—Festival 2017, Sleep - Freedom to Think
1/16Russell Foster delivers the opening lecture of Radio 3's 2017 Free Thinking Festival.
23:00
World on 3—Lopa Kothari with a session from Jim Moray
Lopa Kothari presents new music, plus a live session with English folk artist Jim Moray.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Proms 2015: BBC Philharmonic in Mozart, Ravel and Stravinsky
Jonathan Swain presents the BBC Philharmonic in concert at the 2015 Proms.









