Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—La descente d'Orphee aux enfers
Jonathan Swain presents Charpentier's chamber opera La descente d'Orphee aux enfers.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Simon Sebag Montefiore
Proms Artist of the Day: pianist Martha Argerich, featured performing Ravel's Jeux d'eau.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—2016 Queen's Hall Series, Tenebrae and Nigel Short
8/15Tenebrae and director Nigel Short perform works by Victoria, Allegri, Brahms and Bruckner.
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Afternoon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Festival 2016, Episode 2
Satie, Ravel's Mother Goose and a Haydn quartet from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2016 Repeats, Proms at...Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe
Jonathan Cohen directs Arcangelo in a concert of music by Purcell, Blow and Matthew Locke.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh International Festival
16:30
In Tune—James Pearson Trio, Rafael Payare, Lorna McGhee
Suzy Klein's guests include the James Pearson Trio, Rafael Payare and Lorna McGhee.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Leos Janacek (1854-1928), The Overgrown Path
3/5Exploring the composition of a unique piano masterpiece: the suite On an Overgrown Path.
19:30
BBC Proms—2016, Prom 43: Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Liszt and Wagner
22:00
Free Thinking—Edmund de Waal, Orhan Pamuk
Ceramicist Edmund de Waal and author Orhan Pamuk are in conversation with Philip Dodd.(R)
22:45
The Essay—The Book that Changed Me, Sir Paul Nurse on Conjectures and Refutations
5/5Geneticist Sir Paul Nurse discusses the book Conjectures and Refutations by Karl Popper.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Verity Sharp with an Edinburgh Festival concert
Verity Sharp with live music from the 2016 Edinburgh Festival, including Trembling Bells.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Arvo Part's Kanon Pokajanen
Jonathan Swain presents a performance from Poland of Arvo Part's Kanon Pokajanen.
