Schedule
Early
00:00
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.(R)
00:30
Through the Night—Amore Siciliano
Jonathan Swain introduces Italian madrigals performed by Cappella Mediterranea.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Sian Phillips
Proms Artist of the Week: Daniel Barenboim, featured in Chopin's Three Nocturnes, Op 9.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—2015 Queen's Hall Series, Queen's Hall Series: Iestyn Davies
8/15From the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Iestyn Davies with Richard Egarr and Ensemble Guadagni.
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Afternoon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cottier Chamber Project 2015, Episode 2
2/4Icelandic, Czech and German chamber music from Glasgow's Cottier Chamber Project.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2015 Repeats, PSM 3: Apollo's Fire
Jeannette Sorrell directs Apollo's Fire with violinist Alina Ibragimova.(R)
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.
16:30
In Tune—Wednesday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), A Private Life in Turmoil
3/5How, as Tchaikovsky's reputation was growing, his personal life was becoming intolerable.
19:30
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 45, Prom 45 (part 1): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit
1/2Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Debussy and Mozart.
20:35
BBC Proms—2015, Proms Extra, Mozart's Piano Concertos
Tim Jones and Roderick Swanston explore the nature of Mozart's piano concertos.
20:55
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 45, Prom 45 (part 2): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit
2/2Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 15.
22:00
Free Thinking—2014 Festival, Animals: Watching Us Watching Them Watching Each Other
Rana Mitter explores the links between the behaviour of animals and humans.(R)
22:45
The Essay—Georgian Portraits, Amanda Vickery on Elizabeth Parker Shackleton
3/5Historian Amanda Vickery explores the life of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton.(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—Hungarian National Day
Jonathan Swain presents a selection of music by Hungarian composers and performers.
