Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Guarneri Trio Prague
John Shea's selection includes the Guarneri Trio Prague in Mozart, Smetana and Beethoven.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker with AC Grayling
With Sarah Walker. Sarah's Essential Choice: Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Leipzig - Part 1 (1723-1730)
4/5 Donald Macleod on Bach's move to Leipzig, where he set about transforming musical life. (R)
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Radio 3 New Generation Artists, Episode 3
3/4 With a Mozart piano sonata, guitar etudes by Villa-Lobos and Nielsen's String Quintet.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Rossini - Aureliano in Palmira
From the 2014 Pesaro Festival, Act 1 of Rossini's opera Aureliano in Palmira.
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16:30
In Tune—Adam Gyorgy, Angel Blue, De Temps Antan, Wexford Festival
Sean Rafferty with Hungarian pianist Adam Gyorgy and Quebecois band De Temps Antan.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Leipzig - Part 1 (1723-1730)
4/5 Donald Macleod on Bach's move to Leipzig, where he set about transforming musical life. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Halle - Strauss, Chopin, Beethoven, Dean
Olari Elts conducts the Halle in music by Strauss, Chopin, Beethoven and Brett Dean.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Margaret Atwood
Anne McElvoy is joined by celebrated Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood.
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22:45
The Essay—The Book that Changed Me, Malorie Blackman on The Color Purple
4/5 Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman on Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple. (R)
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23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Verity Sharp
With Verity Sharp. Including music by William Byrd, Gavin Bryars and James Holden.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Lalo and Enescu
With John Shea. Includes the Romanian Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Lalo and Enescu
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