Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—27/12/2008
John Shea introduces music including Nielsen, Sibelius, Schubert, Mozart, Vivaldi, Chopin.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Alistair Appleton
Alistair Appleton presents music by Mahler, Jackson, Kabalevsky and Poulenc.
09:00
CD Review—Building a Library: R Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Feature—String Theory
Daniel Hope explores the history of the violin.
13:00
The Early Music Show—15th-century English composer Nicholas Ludford
Lucie Skeaping explores the music of the 15th-century English composer Nicholas Ludford.
14:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belcea Quartet
The Belcea Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall in Webern and Schubert.(R)
15:00
World Routes—Brazil 2008, World Routes in North East Brazil, Forro, coco and cowboys
1/2Lucy Duran travels to rural North East Brazil, going in search of traditional Forro music.
16:00
Jazz Library—Earl Hines
Alyn Shipton selects the best of a number of new reissues of bandleader Earl Hines's music
17:00
Jazz Record Requests—27/12/2008
With Geoffrey Smith.
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Puccini's La fanciulla del West in a production by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
21:00
Between the Ears—Woven in Time
A story about black female identity told through the words of poets.
21:30
Paradise Lost—Episode 6
6/12Michael continues to explain to Adam the conflict with Satan and his Angels.
22:30
Hear and Now—Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008, Highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
2/5Highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
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Late
00:00
Jazz Library—Jimmy McGriff
Alyn Shipton picks the finest discs by jazz organist Jimmy McGriff.(R)
01:00
Through the Night—28/12/2008
John Shea spotlights the Borodin Quartet in works by Haydn, Myaskovsky, Shostakovich.
