Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Jonathan Swain's selection includes Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Victoria Glendinning
With Sarah Walker. Including Proms Artist of the Week: Ivan Fischer.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—2014 Queen's Hall Series, Stephane Degout and Simon Lepper
13/15Baritone Stephane Degout and pianist Simon Lepper perform Gallic song and miniature opera.
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Afternoon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Music from Ireland, Episode 2
2/4Faure's Cello Sonata No 2 and Hans Abrahamsen's String Quartet No 1 (Ten Preludes).(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2014 Repeats, Prom 40: Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra
LSO under Bernard Haitink in Schubert's Symphony No 5 and Mahler's Symphony No 4.(R)
15:30
Choral Evensong—Eton Choral Course at Cheltenham College
From the Chapel of Cheltenham College with the fourth of the 2014 Eton Choral Courses.
16:30
In Tune—Ailish Tynan, James Baillieu, Jason Carter, Rachael Lander
With live music from soprano Ailish Tynan and harp guitarist Jason Carter.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Money and Marriage
3/5Donald Macleod discusses two women who had a profound impact on Tchaikovsky's life.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2014, Prom 55, Prom 55 (part 1): Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Unsuk Chin
1/2The Seoul Philharmonic under Myung-Whun Chung in Debussy's La mer and Unsuk Chin's Su.
20:25
BBC Proms—2014, Proms Plus Intro, Global Orchestras: South Korea
Petroc Trelawny explores the cultural situation in South Korea.
20:45
BBC Proms—2014, Prom 55, Prom 55 (part 2): Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Unsuk Chin
2/2Seoul Philharmonic/Myung-Whun Chung in Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique).
22:00
BBC Proms—2014, Proms Plus Late, 27/08/2014
Georgia Mann introduces from Dominic Hale and jazz performed by the Ashley Henry Trio.
22:25
Free Thinking—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay, Cutting Tradition
9/10Rebecca Steinfeld investigates the place of religious traditions involving genital cutting(R)
22:40
Free Thinking—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay, Breeding the Mongrel: Language Wars in Early Modern England
4/10John Gallagher on how 16th and 17th-century global travellers shaped English speech.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe presents a varied selection of music.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Jordi Cabre Organ Recital
Jonathan Swain presents an organ recital given by Jordi Cabre.














