Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Mark Padmore in Recital
Includes Schubert and Faure songs performed by tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Julius Drake
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan, plus Sarah Walker with John Lithgow
Artist of the week: the Vienna Philharmonic, featured in Strauss's Tod und Verklarung.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Edward Elgar (1857-1934), The Apostles
4/5About to turn 50, Elgar took up cycling and started work on a major new choral project.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Leeds International Piano Competition 2015, Episode 3
3/4Sarah Walker with highlights from the semi-finals of Leeds International Piano Competition
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2015 Repeats, Prom 54: Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janacek
From Proms 2015: the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janacek.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Katya Apekisheva, Eleanor Alberga
Live music from Ballake Sissoko with Vincent Segal, Katya Apekisheva plus Eleanor Alberga.
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Evening
18:00
Composer of the Week—Edward Elgar (1857-1934), The Apostles
4/5About to turn 50, Elgar took up cycling and started work on a major new choral project.(R)
19:00
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 73, Prom 73 (part 1): Vienna Philharmonic
1/2Semyon Bychkov conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F.
19:40
BBC Proms—2015, Proms Extra, Franz Schmidt
Gavin Plumley and Erik Levi discuss the life and work of Austrian composer Franz Schmidt.
20:00
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 73, Prom 73 (part 2): Vienna Philharmonic
2/2Semyon Bychkov conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Franz Schmidt's Symphony No 2 in E flat
21:30
Sunday Feature—Caucasian Roots, Episode 2
2/2Exploring the idea that the Caucasus was the home of the race known as 'Caucasians'.(R)
22:15
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 74: Wireless Nights Prom With Jarvis Cocker
From the Royal Albert Hall, a celebration of Jarvis Cocker's Radio 4 show Wireless Nights.
23:45
Late Junction—Thursday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt presents a live session from Cameroonian singer-songwriter Blick Bassy.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Soprano Hana Blazikova and pianist Andreas Staier
Soprano Hana Blazikova with Andreas Staier in songs by Tomasek, Chopin and Schumann.
