Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—25/08/2011
Susan Sharpe presents the OAE and Sara Mingardo in Handel's opera Tamerlano.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's breakfast programme.
10:00
Classical Collection—Thursday - Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Vaughan Williams, Satie, Svendsen, Debussy and Brahms.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), A Priest in Rome
4/5Donald Macleod explores Victoria found work as a musician inseparable from being a priest.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Festival 2011, Cheltenham Music Festival 2011
7/12Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs piano music by Haydn, Ravel, Debussy and Liszt.
14:30
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2011 Repeats, Prom 51 - Wagner, Liszt, Volans, Brahms
A Prom in which Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SO in Wagner, Liszt, Volans and Brahms.
16:30
In Tune—25/08/2011 Seven Deadly Sins, North Norfolk Music Festival
Featuring Scottish Opera's Seven Deadly Sins and the 2011 North Norfolk Music Festival.
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Evening
18:00
Composer of the Week—Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), A Priest in Rome
4/5Donald Macleod explores Victoria found work as a musician inseparable from being a priest.
19:00
BBC Proms—2011, Prom 55, Handel's Rinaldo - Act 1
1/3Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 1 of a new semi-staged production of Handel's Rinaldo.
20:05
Twenty Minutes—Handel's Henry V
Ruth Smith explores the parallels between Rinaldo and Shakespeare's Henry V.
20:25
BBC Proms—2011, Prom 55, Handel's Rinaldo - Act 2
2/3Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 2 of Handel's Rinaldo.
21:15
Twenty Minutes—The Stone that Moved
Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis recalls a wet childhood day in mid Wales in search of Taliesin.
21:35
BBC Proms—2011, Prom 55, Rinaldo - Act 3
3/3Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 3 of Handel's Rinaldo.
22:45
The Essay—The Music Appreciation Movement, Episode 3
3/4Musicologist Richard Witts explores the significance of programme notes.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Mara Carlyle, Dave Okumu, Aristazabal Hawkes
Verity Sharp plays music from around the world. Plus a session from singer Mara Carlyle.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—26/08/2011
Susan Sharpe presents a programme of dark humour performed by the Ejsberg Ensemble.
