Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Jordi Cabre Organ Recital
Jonathan Swain presents an organ recital given by Jordi Cabre.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Sarah Walker with Victoria Glendinning
With Sarah Walker. Including Proms Artist of the Week: Ivan Fischer.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—Great String Quartets at Edinburgh, Pavel Haas Quartet
The Pavel Haas Quartet play works by Shostakovich, Schulhoff and Brahms From 2014.
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Afternoon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Music from Ireland, Pavel Haas Quartet
3/4Two Nocturnes by Faure: No 7 and No 6, plus Mendelssohn's String Quartet in A minor, Op 13
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2014 Repeats, Prom 42: Lest We Forget
The BBC SSO under Andrew Manze in Stephan, Kelly, Butterworth and Vaughan Williams.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Donald Runnicles, Vanessa Benelli Mosell, Leonidas Kavakos
Live music from pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell plus Donald Runnicles and Leonidas Kavakos.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Escape to the Country
4/5Donald Macleod discusses Tchaikovsky's frequent escapes to the countryside.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2014, Prom 56, Prom 56 (part 1): Holst - The Planets
1/2London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski in Holst's The Planets.
20:20
BBC Proms—2014, Proms Interval, Saving Grace, by Graham Swift
Sam Dastor reads Graham Swift's short story Saving Grace.
20:40
BBC Proms—2014, Prom 56, Prom 56 (part 2): Holst - The Planets
2/2London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski in Schoenberg and Scriabin
21:45
Sunday Feature—Faith Without God, Episode 1
1/2Michael Goldfarb learns about the real lives of Buddha, Confucius, Thales and Pythagoras.(R)
22:30
Free Thinking—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay, In Search of Ecstasy
5/10Jules Evans explores rationalists' suspicions about states of high elation.(R)
22:45
Free Thinking—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay, Wombs on Legs? Science Fiction and the Control of Reproduction
6/10Sarah Dillon explores roles for women in science fiction and asks if the genre is sexist.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Tanya Auclair and Brandt Brauer Frick
Nick Luscombe presents a collaborative session from Tanya Auclair and Brandt Brauer Frick.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Claron McFadden - German Songs
Jonathan Swain's selection includes soprano Claron McFadden performing German songs.
