Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Stravinsky from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with soloist James Ehnes.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Sarah Walker with David Hepworth
Artist of the Week: Hakan Hardenberger, featured in Part's Concerto Piccolo on B-A-C-H.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Ragtime Craze
2/5Joplin biographer Susan Curtis explains how the US economic crisis of 1893 helped ragtime.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—James MacMillan, a Celebration, Episode 1
1/4The Nash Ensemble performs music by Debussy, MacMillan and Shostakovich.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Tuesday - BBC SSO
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays music by Beethoven, Riehm, Walton and Chausson.
16:30
In Tune—Olivia Jageurs, National Youth Chamber Choir, Andrew Gourlay, Joseph Middleton, Mary Bevan
Sean Rafferty's guests include Olivia Jageurs and Andrew Gourlay.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Ragtime Craze
2/5Joplin biographer Susan Curtis explains how the US economic crisis of 1893 helped ragtime.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Geddes, Finzi, MacMillan
James MacMillan conducts the BBC SSO in his own work, plus John Maxwell Geddes and Finzi.
22:00
Free Thinking—Festival 2017, New Generation Thinkers 2017
11/16The 2017 New Generation Thinkers make their first public appearance together.
22:45
The Essay—The Long Road to Peace, Peace in the Land of the Soviets
2/5Historian Hew Strachan explains how revolution precipitated peace in Bolshevik Russia.
23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt with a Can mixtape
A mixtape marking Can's 50th anniversary compiled by biographer Rob Young.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2014: Andrew Litton conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents a concert of English music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
