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Breakfast - Tuesday - Georgia’s classical alternative
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    Tuesday - Georgia’s classical alternative

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    Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio, BWV 249)
    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

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    Essential Classics

    Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Privy counselling, Marcus du Sautoy, Respighi's Primavera

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    Composer of the Week

    Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

  • 13:00 - 14:00

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

    Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2019

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    Afternoon Concert

    The Ulster Orchestra performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

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    Traveller, with harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani

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    44m

    Gabriel Prokofiev - My Family and Russia

    The shifting relationship between Russian music and the state across three generations.

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    Duration:

    2h 28m

    "What is the price of the human soul?"

    Mark Elder conducts Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust. Available in binaural sound.

  • Eleven inspiring quotes for music lovers

    Sunday Morning presenter Sarah Walker chooses eleven favourite quotes about creativity.

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    4h 29m

    Berlioz's epic opera, Les Troyens, from the Opéra National de Paris

    With Ekaterina Semenchuk as Dido and Brandon Javanovich as Énee.

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    Duration:

    2h 28m

    Bernard Haitink 90th birthday concert

    Haitink conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Mozart and Bruckner.

  • Do you have what it takes to be a conductor?

    Conductor Alice Farnham is encouraging more women to consider entering her profession.

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    57m

    Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - American pianist Jeremy Denk brings his own style to Bach and Schubert

    Live from From Wigmore Hall, London. Jeremy Denk plays Bach and Schubert

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    Duration:

    30m

    Classical Fix - Opera Fix - Danni talks La boheme with Bec Hill

    Danni de Niese gives comedian Bec Hill an Opera Fix introducing her to Puccini’s La boheme

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    Duration:

    1h 59m

    Early Music Late - L'Homme Arme and Grand Motets from Utrecht

    Josquin's Missa L'Homme arme and Rameau's Grand Motets from Utrecht Early Music Festival.

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    Duration:

    32m 22s

    Private Passions - Mark Morris

    Michael Berkeley’s guest is American choreographer Mark Morris.

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    Duration:

    29m 59s

    Sound of Cinema - John Scott

    Film music from John Scott, the man who wrote A Study in Terror and The Final Countdown.

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    Duration:

    2h 28m

    Radio 3 in Concert - Bridging the Atlantic

    Elim Chan and BBC NOW perform quintessential 20th-century English and American music.

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    2h 28m

    Radio 3 in Concert - Spanish scenes

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    Mabinogi - Part One

    First of a new fantasy series, based on the iconic work of medieval Welsh mythology.

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    1h 29m

    Drama on 3 - Leave Taking

    Bush Theatre's revival of beautifully observed play about the immigration experience.

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    49m 23s

    The Verb - Myths Re-imagined

    With Richard Scott, Fiona Benson, Jack Bernhardt and Jenny Lewis

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    Duration:

    44m

    Free Thinking - Partition, colonial power and the voices of 16th-century women

    With Hew Locke, Suzannah Lipscomb, Aanchal Malhotra and Anindya Raychaudhuri.

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    44m

    Free Thinking - The Council Estate in Culture

    With George Shaw, Kader Attia, Dreda Say Mitchell, Katie Beswick and Matthew Sweet.

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    13m 35s

    The Essay - Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity - Living the life

    Author David Hepworth reflects on pop music's struggles with authenticity.

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    1h 29m

    Drama on 3 - Lorenzaccio

    Bold new version of a classic French drama about politics, liberty and corruption.

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Jazz and World

Electrifying Jazz and World music.

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    1h 29m 50s

    Jazz Now - Francois Corneloup

    Soweto Kinch presents the Francois Corneloup Quintet in concert.

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    21m 43s

    Geoffrey Smith's Jazz - Nat King Cole

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    How Val Wilmer became a world figure in the documentation of Black music and culture...

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    1h 29m

    J to Z - Patchwork Jazz Orchestra in concert

    17-piece Patchwork Jazz Orchestra live in concert. Plus, vocal great Sheila Jordan.

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    Duration:

    1h 30m

    Music Planet - DAM in session with Lopa Kothari

    Palestinian rap group DAM in a studio session, with Lopa Kothari

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    Duration:

    1h 29m 50s

    Jazz Now - Michel Portal

    Soweto Kinch presents a concert by French clarinettist Michel Portal.

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    13m 2s

    Geoffrey Smith's Jazz - Electric Miles

    Geoffrey Smith's Jazz - a weekly sequence exploring what makes great jazz great music.

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Radio 3 Reads

Fascinating articles and features from Radio 3 and the BBC Proms

  • Our Classical Century - History's Great Moments in Music

    1936 to 1953: five pieces symbolising events of their time, from resilience to renewal.

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    The composer of Jerusalem was very far from the conservative figure his image suggests.

  • Five reasons why we love Parry's Jerusalem

    What is the strange power of Jerusalem which makes strong men weep?

  • Seven Things for the Organist to Do While Counting Bars in The Planets

    Seven ways an organist might occupy the bars’ rest in a performance of The Planets.

  • What draws people to a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience?

    Meet the modern Franciscans carrying on an 800-year-old tradition.

  • Ten reasons to love nostalgic music

    Sarah Walker writes about why her light music choices are a treat on Sunday Mornings.

  • 10 Steps in to Jazz

    Sarah Walker invites you on the personal jazz journey she shares in Sunday Morning on R3.

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