Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Mozart and Schumann from Lausanne
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. John Shea presents.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical alarm call
Petroc Trelawny presents breakfast, with a complete Bach cantata and listeners' requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Georgia Mann with Schumann's Liebst du um Schönheit and essential Easter music
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, old and new.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Noises Off
4/5Donald Macleod looks at the music Rossini didn’t have to write.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Verbier Festival (3/4)
Sarah Walker presents piano music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov played by Sergei Redkin.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Stanford from the Wexford Festival
Charles Villiers Stanford's opera, The Veiled Prophet, from the 2019 Wexford Festival.
17:00
In Tune—The Gesualdo Six and Laurence Perkins
Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—The big classical staycation mix
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Beethoven Unleashed: Youthful Beethoven
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and three youth choirs, from the 2013 BBC Proms.
22:00
Shakespeare's Bookshelf
Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare.
22:45
The Essay—'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females, Widows
4/5Journalist and author Rachel Cooke examines the phenomenon of the single woman.
23:00
The Night Tracks Mix—Music for the evening
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey conjured from the BBC music archives.
23:30
Unclassified—Discover Introspection
Featuring music from Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and a bedtime story from Jarvis Cocker.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Bucolic Beethoven
The Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performs Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. John Shea presents.
