Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—27/07/2008
Including music by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bizet, Respighi, Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—27/07/2008
Martin Handley introduces music by Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Dukas, Haydn and Paganini.
10:00
Sunday Morning—27/07/2008
Iain looks at contraptions composers have invented to enliven their sound palettes.
11:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 13: Dr Who Prom, Prom 13 - Part 1
1/2Proms family concert with popular classics alongside music from BBC TV series Doctor Who.
11:40
Twenty Minutes—Let's Do the Timewarp Again
Science-fiction writer Justina Robson explores the many meanings of Doctor Who.
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Afternoon
12:05
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 13: Dr Who Prom, Prom 13 - Part 2
2/2Popular classics and music from Doctor Who. Includes Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries.
13:00
WOMAD—WOMAD Live 2008, Episode 3
3/3Coverage of the world music festival, including Serbian vocalist Svetlana Spajic.
14:00
Radio 3 Requests—27/07/2008
Chi-chi Nwanoku presents music including Miles Davis in Gershwin's Summertime.
16:00
Choral Evensong—27/07/2008
From Buckfast Abbey, Devon during the 2008 Exon Singers Festival.
17:00
Discovering Music—Joe Cutler's Music for Cello and Strings and Grieg's Holberg Suite
Charles Hazlewood and composer Joe Cutler examine Cutler's own Music for cello and strings
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Evening
18:30
New Generation Artists—Sharon Bezaly, Ronan Collett
Flautist Sharon Bezaly in a suite by Godard and baritone Ronan Collett in songs by Debussy
19:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 14: La Transfiguration
A performance of Olivier Messiaen's La Transfiguration de notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ.
21:00
Drama on 3—Two Men from Delft
In 1675, Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, a friend of Vermeer, made an astonishing discovery.(R)
22:15
Words and Music—Dancing in the Wind
Sara Kestelman and Rory Kinnear read poetry and prose about childhood, set to music.(R)
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Late
00:00
The Early Music Show—Purcell's Schooldays
Lucie Skeaping traces the schoolboy years of Henry Purcell.(R)
01:00
Through the Night—28/07/2008
Jonathan Swain introduces music by Bernstein, Gounod, Brahms, Haydn and Shostakovich.
