Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,913 playable programmes from the BBC

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Russian Romantics

Episode 1: Nikolai Demidenko

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Nikolai Demidenko performs at LSO St Luke's, London. Glinka: Notturno in F minor. Blumenfeld: Notturno-Fantasia in E. Medtner: 2 Fairy Tales. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Show more

Free Thinking

Landmark: The One Thousand and One Nights Yesterday and Tomorrow

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd is joined by historian Robert Irwin, Arabic literature expert Wen-chin Ouyang, director Tim Supple and writer Hanan al-Shaykh to discuss The One Thousand and One Nights. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Irwin
Interviewed Guest:
Wen-chin Ouyang
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Supple
Interviewed Guest:
Hanan al-Shaykh

The Essay

The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything

Episode 2: The Nebula in Orion

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Omar Nasim discusses the very first pictures of a nebula, taken by Henry Draper in 1880, explaining how they changed people's view of the universe and their place within it. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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