| 00:00 | | | | | | | 00:00Lucie Skeaping traces the history and development of the dance-based form passacaglia.(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00Susan Sharpe introduces a concert of 18th century Italian choral music.
| 01:00Susan Sharpe presents a concert featuring piano duets by Rachmaninov, Debussy and Ravel.
| 01:00Susan Sharpe presents the Ricercar Consort performing music by Couperin and Rebel.
| 01:00Susan Sharpe presents Verdi's La Traviata, with Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
| 01:00Susan Sharpe presents the Brentano String Quartet in music by Schubert and Britten.
| 01:00John Shea presents Schubert's Symphony No 9 performed by the Bergen Philharmonic.
| 01:00Susan Sharpe presents string quartets by Nielsen, Mozart and Shostakovich.
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| 07:00 | 07:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Debussy, Sousa and Chopin.
| 07:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Elgar and Adams, plus the Specialist Classical Chart.
| 07:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Barber, Grieg and Debussy.
| 07:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Verdi, Schumann and John Barry.
| 07:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Schubert, Rachmaninov and Verdi.
| 07:00Fiona Talkington presents music by Grieg, Victoria and Chopin.
| 07:00Fiona Talkington presents music by Mendelssohn, Elgar and Maurice Jarre.
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| 09:00 | | | | | | 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Purcell: Sonata No 6 in G minor.
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| 10:00 | 10:00James Jolly presents music by Havergal Brian, Piazzolla, de Araujo, Wagner and Liszt.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Weber, Wagner, Beethoven, Borodin and Faure.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Wagner, Brahms, Bach, Rimsky-Korsakov and Bartok.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Rossini, Butterworth, Schumann, Elgar, Wagner and Nielsen.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Nielsen, Dvorak, Bizet, Prokofiev, Mozart, Haydn and Wagner.
| | 10:00Suzy Klein with music by Delius, Beethoven and Vivaldi, plus her gig choices.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod on Cavalli's early compositions, including the Cantate Domino of 1625.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod focuses on the publication of Cavalli's little-known sacred music.(R)
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod considers Cavalli's rise to fame through the early stages of Italian opera.(R)
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores the demise of Cavalli's career in opera.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores Cavalli's last sacred work: the requiem he wrote for his funeral.(R)
| 12:15Catherine Bott uncovers the story of radical composer Nicola Vicentino.(R)
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is film director Hugh Hudson.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs Bach's masterwork the Goldberg Variations.
| 13:005/12Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano) in Schumann, Liszt, Grainger, Quilter, Grieg.
| 13:006/12Henk Neven (baritone) sings folk songs in arrangements by Brahms, Grainger and Britten.
| 13:007/12Maxim Rysanov (viola) performs music by Bach, Grainger and Schubert.
| 13:008/12Swiss-born pianist Francesco Piemontesi plays music by Chopin, Debussy and Schumann.
| 13:00Catherine Bott presents a profile of Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria.
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping presents Renaissance music from the 2010 Skalholt Festival in Iceland.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Music from the opening concert of the 2011 BBC Proms, by Weir, Brahms, Liszt and Janacek.
| 14:00Penny Gore presents a Proms performance of Havergal Brian's epic Gothic Symphony.
| 14:00Music from the fifth concert of the 2011 Proms by Beethoven, Messiaen and Pascal Dusapin.
| 14:00Music from the sixth concert of the 2011 Proms, including Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
| 14:00From the eighth concert of the 2011 Proms: Dvorak: Cello Concerto. Smetana: Ma vlast.
| 14:00Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs Bach's masterwork the Goldberg Variations.
| 14:00Mark Elder conducts the Halle in works by Sibelius, Janacek and Bartok.
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00World Routes Academy protege Hari Sivanesan heads to the Sri Lankan province of Jaffna.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Performances by singers from Gershwin's Crazy for You and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.
| 16:30With the Callino Quartet, Huw Watkins, John Woolrich and Wayne Eagling.
| 16:00From the Chapel of Eton College, featuring the second of 2011's Eton Choral Courses.
| 16:30With performances by the London Handel Players and the St Petersburg String Quartet.
| 16:30With Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto and multifaceted musician Nitin Sawhney.
| 16:00Martin Taylor joins Alyn Shipton to pick key records by violinist Stephane Grappelli.
| 16:00From the Chapel of Eton College, featuring the second of 2011's Eton Choral Courses.
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| 17:00 | | | 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With soprano Danielle de Niese performing Dowland and Handel.
| | | 17:00Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
| 17:15Matthew Rowe introduces the music of Verdi's Requiem and places it in context.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod on Cavalli's early compositions, including the Cantate Domino of 1625.(R)
| 18:002/5Donald Macleod focuses on the publication of Cavalli's little-known sacred music.(R)
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod considers Cavalli's rise to fame through the early stages of Italian opera.(R)
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod explores the demise of Cavalli's career in opera.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod explores Cavalli's last sacred work: the requiem he wrote for his funeral.(R)
| 18:00Stephen Johnson examines the music and background to Debussy's La mer with the BBC SO.
| 18:00Francesco Piemontesi (piano) performs Brahms, and the Elias Quartet plays Mendelssohn.
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| 19:00 | 19:301/2Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in music by Messiaen and Pascal Dusapin.
| 19:001/2Renaud Capucon (violin) and Gautier Capucon (cello) in music by Weber and Brahms. 19:50Philip Bullock considers sacrificial links between the Rite of Spring and Emily Davison.
| 19:301/2Jean-Guihen Queyras, BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek. Dvorak: Cello Concerto.
| 19:301/2Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Sibelius: Scenes Historiques Suite No 2; Symphony No 7.
| 19:301/2Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Debussy and Ravel.
| 19:301/2A Prom featuring music for the BBC series Human Planet and Music Planet.
| 19:00Semyon Bychkov conducts a line-up of soloists and massed choirs in Verdi's Requiem.
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| 20:00 | 20:15Writers Kate Mosse and Edmund de Waal discuss the great French literary classics. 20:352/2The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs Beethoven's Triple Concerto.
| 20:102/2The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring.
| 20:20Peggy Reynolds explores the cello in literature. 20:402/2Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Smetana's Ma vlast.
| 20:15Louise Fryer and guests explore the life and works of Bela Bartok. 20:352/2Mark Elder conducts the Halle. Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3. Janacek: Sinfonietta.
| 20:10Graeme Fife on the famed gardens of the Alhambra, through Washington Irving's writings. 20:302/2BBC Philharmonic in music by Ravel, Falla (with Steven Osborne - piano) and Debussy.
| 20:20Andy Kershaw picks the best of the BBC Radio 3 Music Planet series. 20:402/2Conclusion of a Prom featuring music for the BBC series Human Planet and Music Planet.
| 20:45Adrian Bean and David Hendy's drama about a grieving Edwardian scientist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:45Norman Lebrecht talks to one of the world's most sought-after conductors - Semyon Bychkov.
| 21:15Joanna Moorhead traces the life of celebrated surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:451/5Mary Beard casts a classicist's eye over Istanbul under the Roman Emperor Constantine.(R)
| 22:00The Belcea Quartet and cellist Valentin Erben perform Schubert's Quintet in C, D956.
| 22:15Edward Stourton explores the life and legacy of Cardinal John Henry Newman.(R)
| 22:00John Sessions explores a research project rewriting the story of early English drama.(R) 22:452/5Turkish author Elif Shafak casts a writer's eye over Istanbul and its many identities.(R)
| 22:00Mike Berlin visits the Gloucestershire village founded on the principles of Leo Tolstoy.(R) 22:455/5Writer Maureen Freely on the great feeling of melancholy that enveloped 1960s Istanbul.(R)
| 22:00Documentary about people balancing stressful lives with the silence of a Buddhist retreat.(R) 22:30Traditional musician Kathryn Tickell performs new works based on Northumbrian folk tunes.
| 22:15Texts and music on the theme of obsession. Readings by Olivia Colman and Toby Stephens.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jez Nelson presents Steve Lehman in session with trumpeter Byron Wallen.
| 23:15Max Reinhardt is at the 2011 Latitude Festival. Sets by Bela Emerson and Alasdair Roberts.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt presents music from Spiers and Boden, Kate Tempest, and Moulettes.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt at Latitude 2011. Sets by Leafcutter John, Mira Calix, Cissokho and Goose.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari presents a special session with Hungarian tambur band Sondorgo.
| | 23:30Claire Martin presents new jazz releases and British jazz pianist Tim Lapthorn in session.
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