Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—17/08/2013
John Shea introduces a French National Orchestra concert of Stravinsky, Mozart and Bizet.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00
CD Review—Summer CD Review
With Andrew McGregor. Including music by Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Mozart.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Feature—Sumptuous Was the Feast
The story of the Royal Albert Hall performances of Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha(R)
13:00
The Early Music Show—Time Will Tell
Donald Greig talks to Catherine Bott about the music in his new novel Time Will Tell.
14:00
BBC Proms—2013, Proms Chamber Music, PCM 5: Holst and Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Live from Cadogan Hall, music by Gustav and Imogen Holst, Birtwistle, Cornysh and Lambe.(R)
15:00
BBC Proms—2013, Prom 46, Prom 46 (part 1): Dvorak, Verdi, Tchaikovsky & Strauss
1/2Andris Nelsons leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's Symphony No 8.
15:40
Twenty Minutes—I Will Wear the Green Willow
Fay Hield explores how the willow as a badge of forsaken love appears in traditional song.
16:00
BBC Proms—2013, Prom 46, Prom 46 (part 2): Dvorak, Verdi, Tchaikovsky & Strauss
2/2Andris Nelsons conducts the CBSO in music by Verdi, Tchaikovsky and J Strauss II.
17:15
Jazz Record Requests—17/08/2013
Alyn Shipton's selection of jazz from listeners' requests focuses on the piano.
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Evening
18:15
Saturday Classics—Nishat Khan - Where West Meets East
Sitar virtuoso Nishat Khan introduces a selection of Western and Eastern classical music.
19:30
BBC Proms—2013, Prom 47, Prom 47 (part 1): Brahms - A German Requiem
1/2The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Marin Alsop in Schumann's Symphony No 4.
20:15
BBC Proms—2013, Proms Plus Intro, Brahms: German Requiem
Laura Tunbridge and Julian Johnson discuss Brahms's German Requiem.
20:35
BBC Proms—2013, Prom 47, Prom 47 (part 2): Brahms's A German Requiem
2/2Rachel Harnisch, Henk Neven the OAE and Marin Alsop in Brahms's A German Requiem.
22:15
Hear and Now—Berio, Sciarrino
Ivan Hewett introduces music by Luciano Berio and Salvatore Sciarrino.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Mike Gibbs
Geoffrey Smith explores the music of jazz composer and instrumentalist Mike Gibbs.
01:00
Through the Night—18/08/2013
Jonathan Swain presents Tchaikovsky, Faure, Wagner and Mahler with the Prague RSO.
