Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Romanian Rhapsodies
Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor performed by the Romanian National Radio Orchestra.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday with Suzy Klein - Debussy's En Bateau, Myra Hess, Nicole Farhi
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—William Grant Still (1895-1978), A Black Pierrot
4/5Still's unhappy brush with Hollywood, and his Fourth Symphony, ‘Autochthonous'.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Malcolm Martineau and Friends, Malcolm Martineau and Thomas Oliemans
Baritone Thomas Oliemans joins Malcolm Martineau in a recital of Brahms and Schumann
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Delibes’ final opera Kassya
Delibes’ final opera Kassya from Montpellier.
17:00
In Tune—Karen Kamensek, Leon McCawley, Lotte Betts-Dean and Andrey Lebedev
Top class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Your invigorating classical playlist
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Mahler's Roots and Resonances
Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC SSO explore Klezmer connections around Mahler's Symphony No 1
22:00
Free Thinking—Self Knowledge, Global Catastrophe and Simulated Worlds.
Quassim Cassam and Simon Beard with Matthew, plus RW Fassbinder's 1970s TV sci-fi series.
22:45
The Essay—Voices On, Voices Off, Your Master's Voice
4/5Writer and broadcaster AL Kennedy explores voice.
23:00
Late Junction—Toby Jones’s mixtape
Nick Luscombe presents a Late Junction mixtape from actor Toby Jones.
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Late
00:00
Slow Radio—I Have Walked by Sweet Streams
A dawn chorus and poetry from Snowdonia
00:30
Through the Night—A Russian take on Peer Gynt
The Orpheus Symphony Orchestra performs Grieg's epic adventure, narrated in Russian.
