Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—30/08/2013
With Jonathan Swain. Including Les Ambassadeurs in a concert of 17th-century English music
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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 CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Aurora's Wedding.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—2013 Queen's Hall Series, Veronique Gens and Susan Manoff
Soprano Veronique Gens performs 19th-century Romantic French song in her Festival debut.
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Afternoon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Lammermuir Festival 2012, Marcus Farnsworth, Joseph Middleton
4/4Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) and Joseph Middleton (piano) perform music inspired by winter(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2013 Repeats, Prom 55: Lutoslawski, Shostakovich & Panufnik
The Warsaw Philharmonic under Antoni Wit in Lutoslawski, Shostakovich and Panufnik.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Seamus Heaney, Imogen Cooper, Ana Maria Martinez, Derek Paravicini Trio, John Lubbock, Isabelle Faust, Kristian Bezuidenhout
Sean Rafferty presents live music and an interview with celebrated conductor Osmo Vanska.
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Evening
19:30
BBC Proms—2013, Prom 64, Prom 64 (part 1): Bantock, Prokofiev, Sibelius & Strauss
1/2London Philharmonic in Bantock: The Witch of Atlas. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3.
20:20
Twenty Minutes—Friedrich Nietzsche's Horrible Music
Tom Service finds out about the music composed by philosopher Friedrich Nietszche.
20:40
BBC Proms—2013, Prom 64, Prom 64 (part 2): Bantock, Prokofiev, Sibelius & Strauss
2/2London Philharmonic in Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra.
22:00
Sunday Feature—After the Gold Rush - The Poetry of California
Dana Gioia traces developments in Californian poetry since the Beats in the 1950s.(R)
22:45
The Essay—The Feast of Language, Seamus Heaney
1/5Poet Thomas Lynch explains why he relishes the work of Seamus Heaney.(R)
23:00
World on 3—The Wagon Tales in Session
Lopa Kothari presents new music and a session with British bluegrass band the Wagon Tales.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—31/08/2013
Jonathan Swain presents the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in concert.
