Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Polish Heroes
Gorecki's Second Symphony and Penderecki's Polish Requiem.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical mix
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday with Suzy Klein - Franck's Violin Sonata, Boulez's Le Marteau sans maitre, Martha Lane Fox
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Pilgrim
4/5At a turning point in his life, Poulenc embraces Catholicism.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Verbier Festival 2018, Brahms and Rachmaninov
Daniil Trifonov plays Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme by Chopin.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera matinee: Verdi's Nabucco, from Maribor in Slovenia
Stefano Romani conducts a Slovenian performance led by Genadij Vascenko and Rebeka Lokar.
17:00
In Tune—Steven Osborne, Tesla Quartet, Harry Bicket
Radio 3's Drivetime programme
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Schubert, Holst and Dvorak
Pared-back Schubert in tonight's MixTape.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Songs of the Earth
Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde
22:00
Free Thinking—'Calm Down Dear' - How Angry Should Politics Get.
Suffragism, black activism & Brexit. Shahidha Bari chairs a Free Thinking Festival debate.
22:45
The Essay—Shopping Around the Baby Market
Gulzaar Barn asks questions about commercial surrogacy and the way we view our bodies.
23:00
Late Junction—Matmos’s Late Junction mixtape
Verity Sharp presents a plastics-themed mixtape from electronic duo Matmos.
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Late
00:00
Slow Radio—The Cathedral
The evocative sounds of Durham Cathedral recorded across a single day.
00:30
Through the Night—From Beethoven to Beat Furrer
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Penderecki's Concerto grosso.
