Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—String Quartets by Shostakovich, Janacek and Beethoven
Jonathan Swain presents music played by the Wihan Quartet from the Czech Republic.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents, with a new piece by Composer in 3 Matthew Kaner.
09:00
Record Review—Building a Library: Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—How will the arts respond to Trump?
Donald Trump's cultural credentials, Barrie Kosky's The Nose, and Indian classical music.
13:00
Saturday Classics—Simon Heffer's Ravel - opera, piano concertos
Simon Heffer profiles Ravel, with excerpts from the opera L'enfant et les sortileges.
15:00
Sound of Cinema—First Contact
Music for films about contact with new worlds, new people and extra-terrestrials.
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—12/11/2016
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' jazz requests, including music based on food and drink.
17:00
Jazz Line-Up—Tony Bennett
Claire Martin celebrates the music of vocalist Tony Bennett in his 90th year.
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Evening
18:30
Opera on 3—Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
From the Royal Opera House, a new production of Mozart's comic opera Cosi fan tutte.
22:00
Between the Ears—Tomorrow Never Knew
Revolver and the long shadow of The Beatles on the people of Liverpool.
22:30
Hear and Now—Donaueschingen New Music Festival 2016, Episode 1
1/2Highlights from the Donaueschingen Festival 2016, including a work by James Dillon.
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Late
00:30
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—EFG London Jazz Festival
Geoffrey Smith celebrates some of the stars of the 2016 EFG London Jazz Festival.
01:30
Through the Night—Isabelle Faust with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
John Shea presents Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Schumann's First Symphony.
