Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—08/01/2014
John Shea presents Widor's rarely-heard piano concertos with Martin Roscoe and the BBC CO.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Music on the Brink: Berlin
With Petroc Trelawny. Includes BBC correspondents on cultural life in Europe in early 1914
09:00
Essential Classics—Music on the Brink: Berlin
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential Choice: Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Tune.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Vienna on the Brink, Korngold the Prodigy
3/5Donald Macleod focuses on the story of the remarkable musical prodigy Erich Korngold.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Turning Points, Heath Quartet
2/4The Heath Quartet performs a Romantic programme, with Schubert, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Music on the Brink, Episode 3
3/5With Katie Derham. Strauss: Deutsche motette. Reznicek: Der Sieger. Schumann: Kinderszenen
15:30
Choral Evensong—Peterborough Cathedral
From Peterborough Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—Music on the Brink: Berlin
Suzy Klein presents live music from pianists Paul Lewis, Joshua Rifkin and Gwilym Simcock.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Vienna on the Brink, Korngold the Prodigy
3/5Donald Macleod focuses on the story of the remarkable musical prodigy Erich Korngold.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—BBC SO - Schumann, Colin Matthews, Beethoven
Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Schumann, Colin Matthews and Beethoven
22:00
Free Thinking—Breaking Free: Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities
William Boyd, Margaret Drabble and Matthew Sweet discuss Musil's The Man Without Qualities
22:45
The Essay—Cities on the Brink, Berlin
3/5Stephen Evans focuses on life in Berlin in 1914, seen as the Silicon Valley of its time.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe with more music from the Commonwealth and the humorous songs of Tom Lehrer.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Music on the Brink
Including Elgar's Coronation Ode, performed in 1911 for the new King George V.
