Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—Harpsichord sonatas by Scarlatti and Soler and Schubert's Die schone Mullerin
Harpsichord sonatas by Scarlatti and Soler and Schubert's Schone Mullerin. With John Shea.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Record Review—Summer Record Review: Andrew McGregor with Mark Lowther. Proms Composer Josef Suk
Andrew McGregor debates a recent reissue of classic recordings by Louis Fremaux.
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Afternoon
12:15
New Generation Artists—The Calidore Quartet, Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad
The Calidore String Quartet play a string quartet by the 18- year-old Mendelssohn.
13:00
Saturday Classics—Chi-chi Nwanoku
Chi-chi Nwanoku profiles black composers and performers down the centuries.
15:00
BBC Proms—2017, Proms at ... Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park, Peckham
The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join The Multi-Story Orchestra.
16:30
Sound of Cinema—Trouble on the Streets
Matthew Sweet with music from films evoking urban chaos and trouble on the streets.
17:30
Jazz Record Requests—26/08/2017
Alyn Shipton plays requests for film composer John Williams's early work as a jazz pianist
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Evening
18:30
Jazz Line-Up—Alice Coltrane
Kevin Le Gendre celebrates the music of harpist Alice Coltrane.
19:30
BBC Proms—2017, Prom 56: The Bohemian Reformation
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers perform a programme of Czech music.
22:00
Hear and Now—Music We'd Like To Hear, Apartment House, Pierre Henry
Robert Worby presents a concert by Apartment House.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Booker Ervin, John Handy and Jaki Byard
Highlights from the work of saxophonists Booker Ervin & John Handy and pianist Jaki Byard.
01:00
Through the Night—Sibelius's first and fifth symphonies from Swedish Radio
Catriona Young presents performances of Sibelius's first and fifth symphonies.
