Schedule
Early
00:00
The Early Music Show—Edinburgh International Festival 2008, Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Chant Wars
Catherine Bott with highlights of a concert of Gregorian chant performed at Edinburgh 2008(R)
01:00
Through the Night—31/08/2008
Jonathan Swain presents music by Beethoven, Dvorak, Paganini, Mozart, Weber and Debussy.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—31/08/2008
Martin Handley presents music by Vivaldi, Chopin, Korngold, Scarlatti, Mozart and Sibelius
10:00
Sunday Morning—31/08/2008
Iain considers ideas of light and dark, and how composers have responded to these.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—31/08/2008
With satirist, cartoonist and jazz musician Barry Fantoni, who chooses music by Scarlatti.
13:00
The Early Music Show—31/08/2008
Catherine Bott explores Rameau's opera Hippolyte et Aricie.
14:00
Radio 3 Requests—31/08/2008
With listeners' requests, including Haydn's Symphony No 39 and Ireland's Decorations.
15:00
Choral Evensong—31/08/2008
From St Gertrude's Church, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.
16:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 60: Lang Lang
Chinese pianist Lang Lang in music by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Schubert and Debussy.
17:30
Discovering Music—Messiaen - St Francis of Assisi
Alwynne Pritchard and conductor Kent Nagano explore Messiaen's opera St Francis of Assisi.
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Evening
19:00
New Generation Artists—Ebene String Quartet
The Ebene Quartet in Mozart's String Quartet in C (Dissonance).
20:00
BBC Proms—2008, Prom 61: Verdi's Requiem
The BBC SO/Chorus, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and other soloists in Verdi's Requiem.
21:45
Drama on 3—Your Only Man
A play imagining what might have happened if the author Brian O'Nolan's two alter egos met
23:15
Words and Music—The Glory of the Garden
Readings of works by Milton and Auden interspersed with music by Delius and Messiaen.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—01/09/2008
Jonathan Swain presents music by Mozart, Haydn, Shostakovich, Debussy and Rachmaninov.
