Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—15/08/2008
Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Mozart, Dvorak, Liszt, Brahms, Schubert, Handel.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including works by Liszt, Biber, Waldteufel, Haydn, Ritter and Sibelius.
10:00
Classical Collection—15/08/2008
Sarah Walker introduces music by Wagner, Milhaud, Beethoven, Part, Bartok, Durey, Poulenc.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Gioachino Rossini, Episode 5
5/5Rossini tried to write three operas at once in 1821. With excerpts from Matilde di Shabran(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008, Episode 4
A set by Gwilym Simcock, with trio members Phil Donkin (bass) and Martin France (drums).
17:00
In Tune—15/08/2008
With Presteigne Festival head Geoge Vass, and the Drottningholm Court Theatre's Belshazzar
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Evening
19:30
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 40: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janaceck, Prom 40 - Part 1
Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Janacek: Sinfonietta; Capriccio.
20:20
Twenty Minutes—15/08/2008
Conductor Pierre Boulez discusses Janacek's works with 2008 Proms director Roger Wright.
20:40
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 40: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janaceck, Prom 40 - Part 2
BBC SO, conducted by Pierre Boulez, is joined by 260 voices for Janacek's Glagolitic Mass.
21:30
Sunday Feature—Piano fever in China
Petroc Trelawny visits China to find out why the country is now gripped by piano fever.(R)
22:30
Jazz Library—Jimmy McGriff
Alyn Shipton picks the finest discs by the late jazz organist Jimmy McGriff.
23:30
Jazz on 3—David Torn's Prezens
Jez Nelson presents guitarist David Torn's project Prezens.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—16/08/2008
Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Mozart, Schubert, Holst, Telemann, Mendelssohn.











