Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—A Portuguese Choral Masterpiece
Davide Perez's Mattutino de' Morti is conducted by Giulio Prandi. John Shea presents.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Georgia Mann
The perfect selection of classical music for your morning.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), Stage-struck
3/5 Smetana plans his conquest of Prague鈥檚 new opera theatre. With Donald Macleod.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Romances and Eyeglasses at the Belfast International Arts Festival 2021
The Mithras Trio perform Mendelssohn. Eivind Ringstad plays Clara Schumann and Beethoven. (R)
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Wednesday - Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's First Piano Quartet
Schoenberg's orchestral arrangement of Brahms's First Piano Quartet.
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16:00
Choral Evensong—New College, Oxford
Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford.
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17:00
In Tune—James McVinnie Ensemble and Fatma Said
Sean Rafferty with the James McVinnie Ensemble, soprano Fatma Said and pianist Harry Baker
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Your daily classical soundtrack
Take time out with a specially curated playlist of classical music.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—The Halle play Grieg and Shostakovich
The Halle orchestra play Grieg's Piano Concerto and Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Lady Macbeth
From Kurosawa and Shostakovich to Zinnie Harris. New takes on the Scottish play.
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22:45
The Essay—Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, Tales from the Garbage Hills
Sarah Jilani reads Latife Tekin鈥檚 magical realist novel about 1960s Istanbul shanty towns.
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23:00
Night Tracks—Night music
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2022 成人快手 Proms
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the NYOGB, conducted by Andrew Gourlay, perform Gershwin.
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