Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Andras Schiff at the 2017 BBC Proms. Presented by Catriona Young
Sir Andras Schiff plays the complete JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1.
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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 with Ian Skelly - Dr Christian Jessen, Bach's Air on the G string
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), The Great War
Donald Macleod follows Lili Boulanger's activities during the First World War.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Hay Festival 2017, Amatis Trio
3/4With the Amatis Trio. Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat, K502. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 2.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Celebrating Swiss music festivals
Jonathan Swain presents a Vespers service compiled from music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli.
17:00
In Tune—Sitkovetsky Trio, Kirill Gerstein, Guy Johnston, Tom Poster
Sean Rafferty's guests include the Sitkovetsky Trio, Kirill Gerstein and Guy Johnston.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Music to Energise
A specially curated playlist of music to energise, featuring Strauss, Glass and Ginastera.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Pavel Kolesnikov at Wigmore Hall
Pavel Kolesnikov plays Lachenmann, Debussy, Bach, Liszt, Couperin and Schumann.
22:00
Free Thinking—What is Speech?
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss talking and speech, including Trevor Cox.
22:45
The Essay—Migrants, Lifestyle
4/5Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Lifestyle, the next in his series of essays on migration.
23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt with a Chaines mixtape
Electro-acoustic composer Chaines has thirty minutes to make an impact with their mix.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Catriona Young presents a concert from Polish Radio
Songs by Wagner and Mahler with Agata Zubel and Mahler 6th Symphony. With Catriona Young.
