Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Swedish National Day
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Eric Ericson's birth, choral music from Sweden.
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Morning
06:30
Radio 3 Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical picks
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Alistair McGowan, Arnold’s Beckus Dandipratt, Harold Godwinson’s Arrow
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—England's Golden Age, James I's Chapel Royal and the short life of Orlando Gibbons
4/5Donald Macleod explores the Chapel Royal under James I.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Liverpool Philharmonic Chamber Music Series 2018, Beethoven and Schubert
3/4Stephen Hough plays piano music by Beethoven and Roderick Williams sings Schubert.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera Matinee: Rossini's Adina
Elizabeth Alker introduces a performance from Italy of Rossini's one-act comic opera.
17:00
In Tune—Albina Shagimuratova, Tom Kerstens, Rodula Gaitanou, Matthew Kofi Waldren
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Under the influence... of jazz!
In Tune’s specially curated mixtape featuring classical pieces with a jazzy feel.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Mahler's First Symphony
Mark Wigglesworth and BBC NOW perform this 'titanic' masterpiece.
22:00
Free Thinking—Orwell's 1984 - a Landmark of Culture
Matthew Sweet explores what fed into Orwell's future vision and how our own is shaping up.
22:45
The Essay—One Bar Electric Memoir, Episode 4
4/5Artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work.
23:00
Late Junction—Henry Threadgill’s mixtape
Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Henry Threadgill in conversation with Jennifer Lucy Allan.
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Late
00:00
Slow Radio—Orford Ness: A Post-apocalyptic Walk
Composer Iain Chambers takes a sound recording field trip around Orford Ness in Suffolk.
00:30
Through the Night—Fate, redemption and re-birth
Leonard Slatkin conducts Mahler's Symphony No 2, 'Resurrection'
