Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—07/05/2012
Susan Sharpe presents chamber music from Norway, including works by Debussy and Franck.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Portraits Day - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents music by Mozart, Duke Ellington, Rossini and Jerome Kern.
09:00
Essential Classics—Portraits Day
Rob Cowan presents essential musical portraits, and is joined by portraitist Jonathan Yeo.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Strauss Portraits, Portraits Day
1/5Donald Macleod reflects on how self portraiture is represented by Richard Strauss's music.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Portraits Day - Leon McCawley
Leon McCawley plays piano music by Chopin, Debussy and Schumann at Wigmore Hall, London.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Portraits Day
Louise Fryer presents music by Berlioz, Sibelius, Barber, Janacek and Shostakovich.
16:30
In Tune—Portraits Day - From the National Portrait Gallery
With music from Ensemble 360 and David Owen Norris, plus actor Malcolm Sinclair.
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Evening
18:30
Tom Service's Audio Guide
Tom Service examines the methods and techniques of musical portraiture.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Birmingham Town Hall, Coates, Copland, Virgil Thomson
1/2BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth in music by Coates, Copland and Virgil Thomson.
20:25
Discovering Music—Portraits Day - Opera Portraits
Stephen Johnson explores the world of musical characterisation in opera.
20:45
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Birmingham Town Hall, Elgar
2/2Barry Wordsworth conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in Elgar's Enigma Variations.
22:00
Night Waves—Portraits Day - Capturing a Likeness
Philip Dodd examines the nature of portraiture at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
22:45
The Essay—Here's Looking at Me, Episode 1
1/5Artist Maggi Hambling describes a self-portrait she made to 'sort the muddle in her life'.
23:00
Jazz on 3—Portraits Day
Jez Nelson presents musical portraits by Tom Challenger and Shabaka Hutchings.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—08/05/2012
Susan Sharpe with a concert given in Switzerland, featuring Italian baroque choral music.
