Schedule
Early
00:00
The Early Music Show—Phantasm Profile
Lucie Skeaping talks to Laurence Dreyfus, founder/director of viol consort Phantasm.(R)
01:00
Through the Night—02/08/2009
Music including Haydn, Chopin, Schubert, Rheinberger, Bach, Dutsch, Rachmaninov and Rubbra
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents a refreshing mix of music.
10:00
Sunday Morning—Food
Suzy Klein explores food and drink in music. Music is by Rossini, Schubert, Strauss, Bach.
11:00
BBC Proms—2009, Prom 23: Evolution, Part 1
1/2Part of a Darwin-inspired family Prom. Music is by Britten, Leifs and John Williams.
11:40
Twenty Minutes—Beastly London
Richard Foster learns about the exotic animals found in London in Darwin's time.
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Afternoon
12:00
BBC Proms—2009, Prom 23: Evolution, Part 2
2/2The conclusion of a Darwin-inspired family Prom. Music by Goldie, Part, Delius, Koechlin.
13:00
The Early Music Show—Ton Koopman
Lucie Skeaping presents Ton Koopman playing the organ in Stift Zwettl Abbey in Austria.
14:00
Radio 3 Requests—Chi-chi Nwanoku
Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces listeners' requests including Mendelssohn's Sextet.
16:00
Choral Evensong—29/07/2009
From Buckfast Abbey, Devon, during the 2009 Exon Singers Festival.
17:00
Discovering Music—Rossini
Charles Hazlewood explores some of workings of Rossini's comic opera style.
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Evening
18:30
New Generation Artists—Jennifer Pike and Tom Blach/Pavel Haas Quartet
Jennifer Pike (violin) and Tom Blach (piano) in Janacek; The Pavel Haas Quartet in Smetana
19:30
BBC Proms—2009, Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz, Part 1
1/2BBC SO under Susanna Malkki in Ben Foskett's From Trumpet and Beethoven's Symphony No 4.
20:20
BBC Proms—2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Tennyson
Andrew Motion introduces a personal choice of Tennyson's poems. Readings are by Fiona Shaw
20:40
BBC Proms—2009, Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz, Part 2
2/2The Prom concludes with Susanna Malkki conducts Berlioz's large-scale Te Deum.
21:45
Sunday Feature—Searching for Alfred in the Shadow of Tennyson
Ruth Padel searches for the real Tennyson behind the poetry and investigates his legacy.
22:30
Words and Music—The Double
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the world of ghostly doubles.(R)
23:35
Jazz Line-Up—Christian McBride/European Jazz Orchestra
Julian Joseph talks to bassist Christian McBride about his band's album, Inside Straight.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—03/08/2009
Music including Schumann, Beethoven, Pisendel, Ockeghem, Jenner, Quinault and Eckhard.
