Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—Polish National Day. With John Shea
John Shea marks Polish National Day with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Record Review—Andrew McGregor with Gerard McBurney and Laura Tunbridge
Gerard McBurney discusses Shostakovich Symphony 11, and Laura Tunbridge talks Lieder.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
Tom Service meets conductor Teodor Currentzis.
13:00
Saturday Classics—Robert Lloyd
Operatic bass Robert Lloyd on 50 years of the opera stage.
15:00
Sound of Cinema—Breaking Free - Soviet Cinema
Matthew Sweet on the Russian Revolution and music for film.
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—11/11/2017
Alyn Shipton includes music from the unusual partnership of Chet Baker and Paul Desmond.
17:00
Jazz Line-Up—Misha Mullov-Abbado
A performance by bassist and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist Misha Mullov-Abbado.
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture: Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
21:30
Between the Ears—The Shanty Boat
Frogs, storms and fireworks on the river with a modern-day US Huck Finn-style anarchist.
22:00
Hear and Now—Matthias Pintscher Conducts
Works by Toshio Hosokawa, Toru Takemitsu and Claude Vivier.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith highlights favourites from the EFG London Jazz Festival.
01:00
Through the Night—Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture. 1968 The Moscow Philhamonic and Kiril Kondrashin
John Shea presents archive performance of the Moscow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin.
