Schedule
Early
00:00
Freeness—Konfrontationen Festival 40th Anniversary
Live music from the 40th edition of Konfrontationen festival in Austria.
01:00
Through the Night—Mainly Martinu
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with music by Martinu, Roussel and Haydn. John Shea presents.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with guest Nick Ahad
Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
The Future of the Past - Early Music Today—Marketing the new
3/6Nicholas Kenyon shows how the arrival of the CD ushered in fresh ways of selling the past.
13:00
BBC Proms—2020, A celebration of Henry Purcell
Richard Egarr directs a concert marking the 350th anniversary of Henry Purcell’s birth.
14:00
The Early Music Show—Matthew Wadsworth at the York Early Music Festival
Lutenist Matthew Wadsworth plays music by Dowland, Johnson, de Visee and Piccinini.
15:00
Choral Evensong—St Martin-in-the-Fields
Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with St Martin’s Voices.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—02/08/20
Alyn Shipton with jazz records requested by Radio 3 listeners
17:00
Words and Music—Peace and Protest
Poetry and music on peace marking the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Evening
18:15
Proms Preview—A Week at the Proms - Programme 3
Georgia Mann explores the coming week's Proms concerts with guests.
19:00
The Listening Service—From the New World?
Tom Service examines Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony.
19:30
Record Review Extra—William Mival's Rachmaninov
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music.
21:00
BBC Proms—2020, Elgar, Bliss and Walton from the 2006 BBC Proms
Richard Hickox conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Belshazzar's Feast.
23:00
Nick Luscombe's Sounds of Japan—In the Country
2/3Nick Luscombe takes us on a personal journey through the music and sounds of Japan.
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Late
00:00
Classical Fix—Jehnny Beth
Guest presenter Jules Buckley mixes a classical playlist for Savages singer Jehnny Beth.
00:30
Through the Night—Croatian quartets
John Shea presents a concert in Zagreb given by the Sebastian String Quartet.
