Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—29/04/2010
Susan Sharpe presents music by Mozart, Janacek, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Saar, Bach and Kunzen.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—29/04/2010
Rob Cowan presents Bernstein conducting his own work and music from the Wild West.
10:00
Classical Collection—Thursday - Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Glinka, Lumbye, E Strauss, J Strauss II, Dvorak and Bach.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Samuel Barber (1910-1981), America
4/5Donald Macleod charts Samuel Barber's ambivalent relationship with his country.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Harmonie at Bristol, Episode 3
3/4Soloists of the OAE in Mozart's Duo, K423 and Beethoven's Septet in E flat, Op 20.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, I Puritani
4/15A performance of Bellini's final opera I Puritani, set in England during the Civil War.
17:00
In Tune—29/04/2010 The Joyful Company of Singers, Matthew Polenzani
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With Joyful Company of Singers and tenor Matthew Polenzani.
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Evening
19:00
Performance on 3—Lyadov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Part 1
1/2BBC SSO in Lyadov: 8 Russian Folk Songs; Stravinsky: Concerto in D for violin/orchestra.
19:45
Twenty Minutes—Monsieur Rose
Irene Nemirovsky's story about a dislocated Parisian at the onset of the Second World War.
20:05
Performance on 3—Lyadov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Part 2
2/2Michal Dworzynski conducts the BBC SSO in Rachmaninov's lush Second Symphony.
21:15
Night Waves—Per Wastberg, Modern Masters, The Candidate, Heiner Goebbels
Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Nobel literature prize chair Per Wastberg.
22:00
Composer of the Week—Samuel Barber (1910-1981), America
4/5Donald Macleod charts Samuel Barber's ambivalent relationship with his country.
23:00
The Essay—The Scientist and the Romantic, The Songbird and the Sol-Fa
4/5Richard Mabey on attempts over the years to analyse and understand why birds sing.(R)
23:15
Late Junction—29/04/2010
Fiona Talkington presents music from Jason Steele, Joni Mitchell and Kronos Quartet.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—30/04/2010
Susan Sharpe presents music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Veracini, Handel, Brahms and Bach.
