Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Rising Stars
Josep-Ramon Olive (baritone) and Ian Tindale (piano) perform Korngold, Mahler and Strauss.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical picks
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Deborah Meaden, Leiston Abbey, Debussy's Clair de lune
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953), All my uncertainties
4/5Donald Macleod examines the most hectic year of Prokofiev’s life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—St Magnus International Festival: Maxwell Quartet
Maxwell Quartet combine contemporary, folk and Renaissance works at St Magnus Cathedral.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet starring Carlos Alvarez and Diana Damrau
Afternoon Opera - Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet starring Carlos Alvarez and Diana Damrau.
17:00
In Tune—Lodestar Trio, Barry Wordsworth, Dominic Sedgwick, Charlotte Shaw
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—The perfect classical half hour
Amina Alaoui sings fado, there's tragic music from Verdi and upbeat music from Bach.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Handel in Germany
Brockes-Passion, Handel's unfamiliar masterpiece, performed by Arcangelo at Wigmore Hall.
22:00
Free Thinking—East Meets West
Historian Tom Holland, critic Fatima Bhutto, Ziauddin Sardar, and artist Inci Eviner.
22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers, John Gower, the Forgotten Medieval Poet
4/5Curing lovesickness or learning alchemy's secrets. Seb Falk on Chaucer's friend John Gower(R)
23:00
The Night Tracks Mix—Music for late night listening
A magical sonic journey conjured from the BBC music archives.
23:30
Unclassified—Floating Points
Elizabeth Alker with Floating Points.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Days of Russian Culture in Bucharest
Opening concert from 2018's festival with piano music by Tchaikovsky, Enescu and Ravel.
