Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—04/04/2013
John Shea presents piano music by Mussorgsky performed by Fazil Say.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Sarah's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Sonata No 8 in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer)
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), A Sea of Misery
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the exotic sounds Puccini created for Madam Butterfly.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Scottish Festivals 2012, Llyr Williams, Leipzig String Quartet
3/4Llyr Williams (piano) and the Leipzig Quartet play Beethoven at 2012's East Neuk Festival.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Verdi 200 - Otello
Verdi's Otello in a performance given at Venice's Teatro La Fenice.
17:00
In Tune—Fugata Quintet, Gilles Vonsattel
Sean Rafferty presents. With live music from Fugata Quintet plus pianist Gilles Vonsattel.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), A Sea of Misery
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the exotic sounds Puccini created for Madam Butterfly.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Mehldau, Brahms
1/2Kirill Gerstein plays piano music by Brad Mehldau and Brahms at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
20:20
Twenty Minutes—Incident on Lake Geneva
Stefan Zweig's story about the discovery on Lake Geneva of a man clinging to driftwood.(R)
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Haydn, Schumann
2/2Pianist Kirill Gerstein performs music by Haydn and Schumann at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
22:00
Night Waves—Silence, Geffrye Museum, Edward Petherbridge, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Anne McElvoy talks to writer and historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.
22:45
Belief—Roger Scruton
Writer and philosopher Roger Scruton talks to Joan Bakewell about his beliefs.
23:15
Late Junction—Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington with music from Earl Bostic, Kimmo Pohjonen and Manu Delago.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—05/04/2013
John Shea presents recital in which tenor Christoph Pregardien sings Schumann and Mahler.
