Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—23/08/2010
Jonathan Swain presents music by Handel, Mozart, Eybler, Ravel, Grainger, Kuhlau, Sjogren.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sara Mohr-Pietsch - Monday
Sara Mohr-Pietsch shares her personal choice of music.
10:00
Classical Collection—Monday - Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Mozart, Schumann, Busoni, Haydn and Tchaikovsky.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Opera-Comique, Episode 1
1/5Donald Macleod defines some of the characteristics of the Opera-Comique genre.(R)
13:00
BBC Proms—2010, Proms Chamber Music, PCM 06: Stile Antico
Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2010 Repeats, 23/08/2010
Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Scriabin's Symphony No 1 and Stravinsky's The Firebird.(R)
17:00
In Tune—23/08/2010 Tippett Quartet, Mitzi Meyerson, Vladimir Ashkenazy
With the Tippett Quartet playing in the studio and an interview with Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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Evening
19:30
BBC Proms—2010, Prom 51, Schumann, Berlioz, Schnelzer - Part 1
1/2Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard in music by Schumann and Berlioz.
20:15
Twenty Minutes—A Woman without a Country
John Cheever's story about a young American woman who graces Europe's glamour spots.
20:35
BBC Proms—2010, Prom 51, Schumann, Berlioz, Schnelzer, Schumann - Part 2
2/2Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard in music by Albert Schnelzer and Schumann.
21:45
The Lebrecht Interview—Stephen Kovacevich
American pianist Stephen Kovacevich talks to Norman Lebrecht about his career.
22:30
New Generation Artists—The Elias Quartet
The Elias Quartet perform Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 1 in E flat, Op 12.
23:00
The Essay—Johnson Now, Johnson, the Dictionary, the Wiki and the Web
2/5Writer David Crystal wonders what Samuel Johnson's reaction would be to the internet.(R)
23:15
Jazz on 3—Polar Bear and Django Bates
Jez Nelson presents performances from Django Bates's Beloved Bird and Polar Bear.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—24/08/2010
Jonathan Swain presents music by Potter, MacKenzie, Stanfor, Schumann, Huber, Grieg, Suk.
