Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—Through the Night
Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Mahler, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Dohnanyi, Schumann
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—24/05/2008
Including music by Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schubert and JC Bach.
09:00
CD Review—Building a Library: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar”
With Andrew McGregor. Includes Building a Library: Shostakovich's Symphony No 1 (Babi Yar)
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—24/05/2008
Looking at the place of classical music in fiction, plus Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley.
13:00
The Early Music Show—Lufthansa Festival
Highlights of this year's Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, featuring Musica ad Rhenum.
14:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—24/05/2008
Cellist Han-Na Chang performs Bach's Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007, and Kodaly's Sonata, Op 8.(R)
15:00
World Routes—24/05/2008
Featuring a session by Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir.
16:00
Jazz Line-Up—24/05/2008
A concert from the 2008 Coventry Jazz Festival by the BBC Big Band for its tenth birthday.
17:30
Jazz Record Requests—24/05/2008
A special programme with listeners' requests saluting the late Humphrey Lyttelton.
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Evening
18:30
Opera on 3—Verdi's Falstaff
Peter Stein directs bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as Falstaff in Verdi's comic opera.
21:00
Between the Ears—A Map of Paradise
An impressionistic feature on the notion of paradise - lost, sought and found.
21:30
BBC Singers—Musical Antiquarians
Including works by Brahms, Persall and Palestrina (arr Wagner).
22:30
Hear and Now—Viennese Masters
Exploring the contrast between two musical generations currently composing in Vienna.
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Late
00:00
The Early Music Show—Bach in Cothen
Looking at the time Bach spent working in the German court at Cothen.(R)
01:00
Through the Night—25/05/2008
Susan Sharpe presents works by Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Brucknert, Mozart, Kodaly and Bruch.
