Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—04/12/2012
Jonathan Swain presents Hooray for Hollywood - one of the highlights of the 2011 Proms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates the festive season with Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Charpentier: Te Deum in D.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Napoleon's Music, Episode 2
2/5With his own musical taste in question, what rightful place for Napoleon the impresario?
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's Imogen Cooper and Friends Series, Episode 1
1/4Imogen Cooper, Henning Kraggerud and Adrian Brendel perform two Schubert pieces.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Live Music from the BBC's Orchestras and Singers, Episode 2
2/5The BBC Singers perform advent music by Palestrina, Bach, Bax and others.
16:30
In Tune—Tuesday - Suzy Klein
Suzy Klein presents, with live music from pianist Piers Lane and soprano Kate Royal.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Napoleon's Music, Episode 2
2/5With his own musical taste in question, what rightful place for Napoleon the impresario?
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Britten Birthday Concert, part 1 - Les illuminations, Lachrymae
1/2The Nash Ensemble in music by Britten: Les illuminations; Lachrymae for viola and strings.
20:10
Twenty Minutes—Ronald Blythe in Conversation
Writer Ronald Blythe talks to Mark Cocker about his career and times.
20:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Britten Birthday Concert, part 2 - Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
2/2The Nash Ensemble and soloists in Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op 31.
22:00
Night Waves—Julius Caesar, Cross-Casting, Tim Pat Coogan, Buddhism, Brazilian Writers
With A first-night review of Julius Caesar and Fiona Shaw on cross-casting in Shakespeare.
22:45
The Essay—Napoleon and Me, Andrea Stuart
2/5Writer Andrea Stuart celebrates Napoleon's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais.
23:00
Late Junction—Tuesday - Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp with gypsy soul from Ljiljana Buttler, Korean zither and James McMillan.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—05/12/2012
Wayne Marshall conducts the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra in Bernstein and Gershwin.
