Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—04/08/2012
A programme of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
CD Review—04/08/2012
With Andrew McGregor. Including Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (jazz band version).
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Feature—Music at the Court of Catherine the Great
Virginia Rounding explores the music of Catherine the Great's court and charts its legacy.(R)
13:00
The Early Music Show—York Early Music Festival 2012: Profeti della Quinta
Catherine Bott presents music by Salamone Rossi from the York Early Music Festival.
14:00
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 28, Chabrier, Mozart, Elaine Agnew
1/2Ulster Orchestra, Ulster Youth Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta in Chabrier, Mozart, Elaine Agnew.
14:50
Twenty Minutes—The Global Flute Fraternity
Keith Waithe gives Julian May a tour of his collection of 207 flutes from around the globe
15:10
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 28, Stravinsky
2/2Ulster Orchestra and Ulster Youth Orchestra in music from Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird
16:15
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Chamber Music, PCM 03: L'Arpeggiata
L'Arpeggiata performs a sequence of music inspired by the tarantula.(R)
17:15
Jazz Record Requests—04/08/2012
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
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Evening
18:15
Words and Music—Man Made
Sequence of poetry, prose and music on the relationship between man, nature and machines.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 29, Varese, Muhly
1/2Vasily Petrenko conduts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in Varese and Muhly.
20:00
Twenty Minutes—Some Bloom in Darknesss
Simon Van Booy's story about love, flowers and mannequins, set in snowy Paris.(R)
20:20
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 29, Messiaen, Anna Meredith
2/2National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Vasily Petrenko in Messiaen and Anna Meredith.
22:15
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Plus Late, 04/08/2012
With poetry from Kei Miller, and music from the Matt Robinson Quartet.
22:30
Hear and Now—04/08/2012
Music by Richard Ayres, Laurence Crane, and Marko Nikodijevic. Plus Scelsi's Ygghur.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—05/08/2012
Geoffrey Smith presents a special Olympic-themed edition.
01:00
Through the Night—05/08/2012
Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
