Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—26/08/2008
Jonathan Swain presents music by Chopin, Brahms, Berlioz, Beethoven, Mozart and Grieg.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Brahms, Linley, Monteverdi, Ravel and Schumann.
10:00
Classical Collection—26/08/2008
James Jolly presents music by Schuammn, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Strauss and Bruckner.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), The Stage Works - A Vision of Albion
2/5Donald Macleod explores the appeal to Vaughan Williams of Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Edinburgh International Festival 2008, Episode 1
1/12The Ysaye Quartet plays music including Szymanowksi's second string quartet.
14:15
Afternoon Concert—26/08/2008
Prom with the BBC SSO in a premiere by Elliott Carter, plus Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto.
17:00
In Tune—26/08/2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
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Evening
19:30
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 54: Vaughan Williams, Prom 54 - Part 1
A concert marking 50 years since the death of Vaughan Williams, with Job.
20:40
Twenty Minutes—Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music
Steven Johnson visits the Royal College of Music to look at Vaughan Williams's time there.
21:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 54: Vaughan Williams, Prom 54 - Part 2
The Prom concludes with Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music and Symphony No 9.
22:15
Sunday Feature—MindMaps, Geneva
Historian Ruth Scurr visits the city to find how three great thinkers interacted with it.(R)
23:00
The Essay—Vaughan Williams in the BBC Archives, Episode 2
2/3A tribute to Vaughan Williams's friend and fellow composer Gustav Holst.
23:15
Late Junction—26/08/2008
With folk music from Madeira, piano music by John Tavener and songs by Ane Brun.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—27/08/2008
Jonathan Swain presents music by Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssoh, Sullivan and Rachmaninov.
