Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—03/08/2012
Jonathan Swain introduces a recital by cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Martha Argerich.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Khachaturian: Violin Concerto.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), When We are in Deepest Distress
5/5Donald Macleod explores the music associated with the very end of Bach's life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Music Festival 2012, Episode 4
4/8Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) and the Escher Quartet perform Brahms's Piano Quintet.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2012 Repeats, Prom 19: Langgaard, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky
BBC SO/Thomas Dausgaard in Langgaard, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Dr Stephen Roe, David Hill, Charles Bennett, National Youth Orchestra of Wales
Sean Rafferty presents guests including conductor David Hill and poet Charles Bennett.
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Evening
18:45
Composer of the Week—Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), When We are in Deepest Distress
5/5Donald Macleod explores the music associated with the very end of Bach's life.
19:45
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 27, Wagner
1/2Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.
20:05
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Plus Literary Passions, Sunset Song
3/4Jackie Kay and Ali Smith discuss one of the great Scottish classic novels, Sunset Song.
20:25
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 27, Bruckner
2/2Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 8.
22:00
Sunday Feature—Out in the World - A Global Gay History, Canary in the Mine
4/4Examining the issues relating to gay rights as a measure of global human rights.(R)
22:45
The Essay—It Talks, Paper Money
5/5Dr Helen Wang discusses the development of paper money.(R)
23:00
World on 3—WOMAD 2012 Highlights
Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy introduce highlights from the 2012 WOMAD festival.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—04/08/2012
A programme of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
