Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—23/04/2014
From the BBC Proms 2013: Antonio Pappano and the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Featuring music by Handel and listeners' Georgian Gems.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw
With Sarah Walker. Including 15 Georgian Pleasures: Herschel: Symphony No 8 in C minor.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), God Save the King!
3/5Donald Macleod focuses on what happened to Handel after the death of George I.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Radio 3 New Generation Artists, Episode 2
2/4Music from violinist Elena Urioste, mezzo Kitty Whately and pianist Louis Schwizgebel.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—English Music, Episode 3
3/5With Penny Gore. Ulster Orchestra in music by Elgar and Britten. BBC Singers in Britten.
15:30
Choral Evensong—The Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon
From the Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon.
16:30
In Tune—Wednesday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty celebrates Shakespeare's 450 birthday. Guests include cellist Matthew Sharp.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), God Save the King!
3/5Donald Macleod focuses on what happened to Handel after the death of George I.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Warwick Arts Centre, Basel Symphony Orchestra - Part, Glass, Adams (part 1)
1/2The Basel Symphony Orchestra in Part's These Words and Philip Glass's Cello Concerto No 2.
20:20
Twenty Minutes—Sound and Fury
Trevor Cox on how soundscapes and sound effects are used to create emotion in the cinema.(R)
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from Warwick Arts Centre, Basel Symphony Orchestra - Part, Glass, Adams (part 2)
2/2Dennis Russell Davies conducts the Basel Symphony Orchestra in John Adams's Harmonielehre.
22:00
Free Thinking—Dame Janet Suzman
Actress and director Dame Janet Suzman is in extended conversation with Philip Dodd.
22:45
The Essay—In Praise of the Midlands, Shakespeare the Midlander
3/5Dominc Dromgoole explores how Shakespeare was shaped by his Stratford upbringing.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents a varied selection of music.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—24/04/2014
With Jonathan Swain. Including Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder from the 2013 Proms.
