Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Missa Solemnis
A performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis from the Hamburg International Music Festival.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical commute
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday with Ian Skelly - Musical comedy footnotes, Jessie Burton
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Revision Mania
A look at the insecurities that led Bruckner to rethink his works again and again.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schubert Plus at Aldeburgh, Schubert, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
Radio 3 New Generation Artist Aleksey Semenenko plays Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Schubert.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera matinee: Rubinstein's The Demon
Egils Silins sings the title role in a live recording of Rubinstein's opera, The Demon.
17:00
In Tune—Crispian Steele-Perkins, Olivia Jageurs, Khyam Allami
Knockout live music from the finest musicians on the planet.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Schubert, Mozart, Demachi
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Brighton Early Music Festival: The English Style in Medieval France
The English style in medieval France, performed by the Sollazzo Ensemble
22:00
Free Thinking—Rethinking the Human Condition
A look at free-thinker Thomas Woolston, philosopher Isaiah Berlin, memory and neuroscience
22:45
The Essay—A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Ear
Author Patrick McGuinness explores the grottiness of the labyrinthine ear.
23:00
Late Junction—Nick Luscombe with Ryuichi Sakamoto’s mixtape
A mixtape from acclaimed composer and electronic music pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Late
00:00
Slow Radio—Walking Through Time
Journeying through tolling, ticking, chiming, striking, whirring corridors of clocks.
00:30
Through the Night—Messiaen's dazzling hymn of joy
Foulds's Three Mantras and Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony from the 2015 BBC Proms.
