Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—21/07/2012
John Shea presents the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under conductor Paavo Jarvi.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
CD Review—21/07/2012
With Andrew McGregor. Including music by Vivaldi, Debussy and Shostakovich.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Feature—The Hands of the Composer
Iain Burnside on how hands and their use have affected Western keyboard composition.(R)
13:00
The Early Music Show—York Early Music Festival: Ensemble Villancico
From the York Early Music Festival 2012 - Ensemble Villancico.
14:00
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Chamber Music, PCM01: Alice Coote
Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and pianist Julius Drake perform a programme of French songs.(R)
15:00
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Saturday Matinees, PSM 01: AAM, Mahan Esfahani
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and the Academy of Ancient Music perform Bach's Art of Fugue
16:30
New Generation Artists—Ben Johnson Part 1
Tenor Ben Johnson gets Elizabethan in a programme of John Dowland lute songs.
17:00
Jazz Record Requests—21/07/2012
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
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Evening
18:00
Words and Music—Monarchs
Texts and music on the theme of monarchs. Readings by Samantha Bond and Simon Chandler.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 10, Beethoven, Boulez
1/2West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim in Beethoven: Symphony No 4, plus Boulez.
20:35
Twenty Minutes—Goethe and the West-Eastern Divan, Episode 1
1/2Paul Farley explores Goethe's verse tribute to Persian poetry, The West-Eastern Divan.
20:55
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 10, Beethoven
2/2West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim in Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica).
22:00
Between the Ears—On the Rubble of My Home I Played My Flute
A memoir in sound by Chinese flautist Guo Yue.(R)
22:30
Hear and Now—21/07/2012
The BBC Singers in new choral works by Judith Bingham, Hugh Wood and Lauri Supponen.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Benny Goodman
Geoffrey Smith surveys the achievements of Benny Goodman.
01:00
Through the Night—22/07/2012
Susan Sharpe presents a concert by the Oslo Philharmonic and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
