Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Cimarosa's Requiem
From Moldova, Handel's Concerto Grosso in D and Cimarosa's Requiem.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Georgia's classical alternative
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Clare Balding, Schindler's List, Haydn's Razor Quartet
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Presented by Ian Skelly.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Chopin by his Peers
The life and music of Fryderyk Chopin. Today, the composer as his contemporaries saw him.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's - Alice Sara Ott and Friends, Alice Sara Ott performs Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Virtuoso pianist Alice Sara Ott performs Messiaen's ethereal Quartet for the End of Time.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera matinee: Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto
An opera buffa in the Mozartian mould; a tale of who should (or shouldn't) marry whom!
17:00
In Tune—The Brother Brothers, Lord Robert Winston, Joo Yeon Sir
Top class live music from the world’s best musicians
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Phantom threads and floating harps
In Tune’s specially curated playlist including music by Jonny Greenwood and Vivaldi.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Music fit for a Medici
The English Concert play music written for Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany.
22:00
Free Thinking—Amitav Ghosh. Layla and Majnun. Islam Issa.
Amitav Ghosh on linking refugees, climate change, Venice & Bengali forests in his fiction
22:45
The Essay—Looking Good, Rachel Cooke
4/5Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely.
23:00
Late Junction—Theon and Nathaniel Cross, Lafawndah and Valentina Magaletti in session
Two duos come together for Late Junction’s collaboration session. With Nick Luscombe
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—A Rotterdam Centenary
Rotterdam Philharmonic with Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 at the 2018 BBC Proms.
