Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Qvixote and Gerhard Quartets
John Shea presents Schumann and Mendelssohn from the Qvixote and Gerhard Quartets.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Oliver James
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 1.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Towards The Firebird
2/5Donald Macleod explores a series of overlooked Stravinsky works.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Music Festival 2014, Episode 5
5/8The Nash Ensemble performs music by John Woolrich and Schubert in Cheltenham.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2014 Repeats, Prom 20: Walton, Gurney and Sally Beamish
From Proms 2014: BBC SO under Martyn Brabbins in music by Gurney, Beamish and Walton.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Benjamin Grosvenor, Christina Landshamer, Iestyn Davies
Suzy Klein with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and soprano Christina Landshamer.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Towards The Firebird
2/5Donald Macleod explores a series of overlooked Stravinsky works.
19:30
BBC Proms—2014, Prom 26, Prom 26 (part 1): Shostakovich and Berio
1/2European Union Youth Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko in Berio's Sinfonia.
20:00
BBC Proms—2014, Proms Plus Literary, Craig Raine
Poet Craig Raine discusses ways in which writers adopt a 'magpie' approach to language.
20:20
BBC Proms—2014, Prom 26, Prom 26 (part 2): Shostakovich and Berio
2/2The European Union Youth Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko in Shostakovich's Symphony No 4.
22:15
The Essay—Anglo-Saxon Portraits, Hild of Whitby
8/30The story of Hild of Whitby, an abbess who held great power in the seventh century.
22:30
The Essay—Anglo-Saxon Portraits, Wynflaed
22/30Michael Wood on Wynflaed, seen as the first woman in British history to have left a will.
22:45
The Essay—Anglo-Saxon Portraits, Episode 26
26/30Historian Pauline Stafford assesses the life of Queen Emma of Normandy.
23:00
Late Junction—Tuesday - Anne Hilde Neset
Anne Hilde Neset's selection includes minimalist electronics, Thai folk songs and Can.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Lipinski and Elsner
John Shea's selection includes the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra in Lipinski and Elsner.
