Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Music from Croatia
Britten's Four Sea Interludes and Debussy's La Mer from Zagreb's Sfumato Concert Season.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical commute
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Al Murray, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Kenneth the Fishy Angel
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), A Tale of Three Cities
3/5The opera whose verve Berlioz feared he would never again equal: Benvenuto Cellini.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Radio 3 Cello Festival, Brahms and Brazil
Cellist Antonio Meneses performs music by Brahms, Bach and Jose Guerra Vicente.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Chopin and his Europe
Vivaldi's delightful serenata 'Gloria e Imeneo', interspersed with some of his concertos.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge
Live from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge.
16:30
New Generation Artists—Aleksey Semenenko plays Grieg
Aleksey Semenenko plays Grieg's Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor.
17:00
In Tune—Igor Levit, Simon Bode, Laura Wilde, Alexander Ullman
Top class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Thirty minutes of uninterrupted classical music
In Tune's gallery of surprises features vibes, the shakuhachi and some mellow nostalgia.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—What is the price of the human soul?
Berlioz tells the legend of Faust, who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.
22:00
Free Thinking—The Council Estate in Culture
With George Shaw, Kader Attia, Dreda Say Mitchell, Katie Beswick and Matthew Sweet.
22:45
The Essay—Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity, The importance of noise
3/5David Hepworth on the importance of volume and the difference between signal and noise.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Festival - CURL
Nick Luscombe with more live highlights from the inaugural Late Junction Festival.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Ernest Quartet and Friends
Puccini, Mozart and Chausson from the GAIA Music Festival in Switzerland.
