Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—The Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra and Holy Trinity Choir, Plovdiv
Jonathan Swain presents a programme celebrating Slavonic Literature and Bulgarian culture.
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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 Suzy Klein - Joyce DiDonato, Junk Telegrams, Debussy's Reverie
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reveals the people, places and ideas that have inspired her.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), The War and its Aftermath
4/5Donald Macleod explores the effect of the Great War on the music of Maurice Ravel.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Michael Collins and Friends at LSO St Lukes (3/4)
Clarinettist Michael Collins plays works by Mozart, Bruch and Brahms.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—A Week in Sweden
Georgia Mann presents Opera Matinee: Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov from Gothenburg Opera.
17:00
In Tune—Vox Luminis, Howard Goodall, Inon Barnatan
Katie Derham's guests include Vox Luminis, Inon Barnatan and composer Howard Goodall.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Music for Partying
In Tune's specially curated playlist with music to put you in a party mood.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—The Philharmonia plays Mendelssohn and Brahms
Daniele Gatti and the Phiharmonia Orchestra perform symphonies by Mendelssohn and Brahms.
22:00
Free Thinking—Tacita Dean, Mountains, John Tyndall
Landscape in motion plus how mountain climbing inspired a physicist and photographers.
22:45
The Essay—The Shopping News, Tirana
4/5Joanna Robertson on buying dreams of wealth in Tirana in the aftermath of communism.
23:00
Late Junction—Verity Sharp
Music and place, sound in space: songs speaking to their surroundings.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Woodland scenes, Flower songs and the sea
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Gombert, Le Jeune and Lassus with Huelgas Ensemble.
