Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Asasello Quartet
John Shea presents Mozart and Tchaikovsky performed by the Asasello String Quartet.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Georgia Mann
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Jocelyn Bell Burnell
With Artist of the Week: Arturo Toscanini, featured conducting Wagner's Gotterdammerung.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942), The Dwarf
4/5Donald Macleod on Zemlinsky's most painful musical self-portrait: his opera The Dwarf.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Perth Piano Series 2017, Lars Vogt
3/4With Lars Vogt (piano). Schubert: Four Impromptus, D899. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 32.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee - Handel's Parnasso in Festa
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's Parnasso in Festa, an Italian serenata.
16:30
In Tune—Yamato Drummers of Japan, Carole Boyd, Timothy Ridout
Suzy Klein's guests include the Yamato Drummers of Japan, Carole Boyd and Timothy Ridout.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942), The Dwarf
4/5Donald Macleod on Zemlinsky's most painful musical self-portrait: his opera The Dwarf.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Wagner, Strauss, Langgaard
Live from City Halls, Glasgow, the BBC SSO performs music by Wagner, Strauss and Langgaard
22:00
Free Thinking—Festival 2017, Quick Reactions
5/16Damon Hill,Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lincoln Jopp on pressured decision-making at top speed
22:45
The Essay—Free Thinking 2017, The British Writer and the Refugee
4/10Katherine Cooper on the work by British writers to save colleagues in Europe during WWII.
23:00
Late Junction—Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp with electroacoustic trio Fiium Shaarrk and music for choir and sine waves.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Hail! Bright Cecilia by Purcell
With John Shea. Includes Collegium Vocale Gent performing Purcell's Hail! Bright Cecilia.
