Schedule
Early
00:00
The Early Music Show—The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Catherine Bott talks to Stephen Carpenter of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement.(R)
01:00
Through the Night—24/08/2008
Jonathan Swain introduces music by Kuula, Cherubini, Mozart, Bach, Bartok and Schubert.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents music by Dvorak, Boyce, Arnold, Bach, Ravel and Handel.
10:00
Sunday Morning—Festivals
Mary King sits in for Iain Burnside and looks at music festivals and their musicians.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Richard Fortey
Palaeontologist Dr Richard Fortey, chooses music including Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe.
13:00
The Early Music Show—Edinburgh International Festival 2008, Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Sacred and Secular Songs from Corsica
2/2Lucie Skeaping with highlights of a concert of Corsican vocal polyphony from A Cumpagnia.
14:00
Radio 3 Requests—24/08/2008
Listeners' requests include Natalie Dessay and Laurent Naouri performing Offenbach.
15:00
Choral Evensong—24/08/2008
From the Priory Church, Edington, during the 2008 Festival of Music within the Liturgy.
16:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 50: Bach Day - Simon Preston
Simon Preston (organ) in music by Bach, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue.
17:00
Discovering Music—Vaughan Williams Flos Campi
Charles Hazlewood conducts an exploration of Ralph Vaughan Williams suite, Flos Campi.(R)
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Evening
18:30
New Generation Artists—Danjulo Ishizaka, Ronan Collett
Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka and baritone Ronan Collett perform music by Schubert.
19:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 51: Bach Day - St John Passion
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's St John Passion, with the Monteverdi Choir.
21:15
Sunday Feature—Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth
Stephen Johnson presents an elegiac portrait of Vaughan Williams the man and composer.
22:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 52: Bach Day - Jian Wang
Chinese cellist Jian Wang performs the first three of Bach's six solo cello suites.
23:15
Words and Music—The Ring Cycle
Words and music relating to marriage, with readings by Jane Lapotaire and Ralf Little.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—25/08/2008
Jonathan Swain presents music by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Bliss, Telemann and Debussy.
