Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—04/04/2012
John Shea introduces a performance of Johann Ernst Bach's Passion Oratorio.
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Morning
06:30
Radio 3 Breakfast—Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Bach, Chabrier and Elgar.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Paris
3/5Donald Macleod explores Verdi's two grand operas written expressly for Paris.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Nicola Benedetti and Friends, Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov, Leonard Elschenbroich
2/4Nicola Benedetti and friends perform Shostakovich and Mahler at LSO St Luke's in London.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 3
3/3Katie Derham presents the BBC NOW in music by Stravinsky, Beethoven and Benjamin.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Southwark Cathedral
From Southwark Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—Wednesday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty presents music and guests from the arts world, including Maxim Vengerov.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Paris
3/5Donald Macleod explores Verdi's two grand operas written expressly for Paris.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Mariinsky, Gergiev - Verdi Requiem
Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra, Chorus and soloists in Verdi's Requiem.
22:00
Night Waves—David Nash, In the Shadow of the Sword
Philip Dodd goes to Kew Gardens in London to look at a new carving by David Nash.
22:45
Belief—John Burnside
Joan Bakewell talks to the recent winner of the TS Eliot poetry prize, John Burnside.
23:15
Late Junction—Wednesday - Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp with music from the Yoshida Brothers, Duarte and Halim el-Dabh.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—05/04/2012
John Shea introduces a performance of Telemann's oratorio Der Tod Jesu.
