Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Catriona Young introduces achive recordings by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill with Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch
Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 in C minor.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), An Outstanding Pedagogue
4/5 Donald Macleod considers the significance of Farrenc's position as a professor of piano.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Welsh Festivals, Episode 3
3/4 With the world premiere of Hilary Tann's String Quartet No 1. Plus Schumann and Scriabin. (R)
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Massenet - Werther
Jonathan Swain presents Massenet's Werther performed at the 2015 Salzburg Festival.
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16:30
In Tune—Chilly Gonzales, Nigel Short, Syrinx
Live music from Chilly Gonzales and wind group Syrinx, plus Tenebrae director Nigel Short.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), An Outstanding Pedagogue
4/5 Donald Macleod considers the significance of Farrenc's position as a professor of piano. (R)
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—成人快手 SSO - Strauss, Unsuk Chin, Schumann
Markus Stenz conducts the 成人快手 SSO in music by Strauss, Unsuk Chin and Schumann.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Peggy Seeger
Philip Dodd is joined by folk singer Peggy Seeger, who talks about her music and politics. (R)
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22:45
The Essay—The Meaning of Trees, Series 2, The Meaning of Trees: Poplar
4/5 Fiona Stafford on the poplar, the most modern tree and the first to have its DNA sequenced (R)
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23:00
Late Junction—Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents music from Bellowhead, Eberhard Weber and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Ravel, Gershwin and Dvorak from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young introduces a concert from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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