Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—18/08/2012
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the Chopin and his Europe Festival in Warsaw.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
CD Review—18/08/2012
With Andrew McGregor. Including Brahms: Quintet in F minor, Op 34.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Feature—Wandering Minstrels
The story of the orchestra who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
13:00
The Early Music Show—FW Zachow
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of FW Zachow, famous as Handel's only teacher.
14:00
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Chamber Music, PCM 05: Benedetti, Grynyuk, Elschenbroich
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and friends perform music by Bach, Korngold and Brahms.(R)
15:00
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Saturday Matinees, PSM 04 - Goehr, Knussen, Bainbridge
BCMG and London Sinfonietta Voices/Nicholas Collon in Goehr, Knussen and Bainbridge.
16:30
Saturday Classics—James Jolly on Vladimir Ashkenazy, Episode 1
James Jolly presents Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
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Evening
18:30
Jazz Record Requests—18/08/2012
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
19:30
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 48, Weber, Mahler
1/2Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Weber and Mahler.
20:00
BBC Proms—2012, Proms Plus, Christine Rice
Singer Christine Rice reveals her literary passions and what she is reading this summer.
20:20
BBC Proms—2012, Prom 48, Tchaikovsky
2/2Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Manfred.
21:45
Free Thinking—2011, Susie Orbach
Susie Orbach challenges the obsession with personal change at Free Thinking 2011.(R)
22:30
Hear and Now—18/08/2012
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights from New Music 20x12 - part of the Cultural Olympiad.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Jazz Portraits
Geoffrey Smith presents a gallery of jazz portraits.
01:00
Through the Night—19/08/2012
Works for two pianos, by Rachmaninov, Chopin, Schubert and Shostakovich.
