Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Mozart in Monte Carlo
Christian Zacharias performs Mozart and Haydn with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Start the day with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), The Sixteen Swans: 1915-16
4/5 Donald Macleod explores Sibelius’s battles with his Fifth Symphony (R)
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's: Jazz Inflections - Orsino Ensemble
The Orsino Ensemble perform jazz-inspired music from Martinu to Valerie Coleman. (R)
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Strauss Alpine Symphony
Music by Strauss, Wagner and Dalberg.
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17:00
In Tune—Wind down from the day with classical music
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Switch up your listening with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Icons Rediscovered: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic play Elgar, Strauss and Rachmaninov.
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22:00
Free Thinking—The Greenwich Outrage
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss an attempt to blow up the Royal Observatory in 1894.
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22:45
The Essay—Women of Substance, Andrea Dunbar
At 18 Andrea Dunbar was the youngest playwright ever at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
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23:00
The Night Tracks Mix—Music for the darkling hour
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. (R)
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23:30
Unclassified—The Science of Sound
Elizabeth Alker plays new ambient and electronic sounds that take a scientific turn.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Theatre of Voices Festival in Copenhagen
Paul Hillier conducts Theatre of Voices in works by Monteverdi, SchΓΌtz and David Fennessy.
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