Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Hungarian State Foundation Day
Music by Hungarian composers and performers. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical alternative
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein and Steven Devine
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—Queen's Hall Series, Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexandre Tharaud
French cello sonatas and suites from the 2011 Edinburgh International Festival
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Afternoon
13:00
Composer of the Week—Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), The American dream
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on the highs and lows of Dvorak's time in America.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Summer Festivals: The Proms
Penny Gore presents great BBC Prom concerts of recent years by BBC orchestras and choirs.
17:00
In Tune—Suzi Digby, Katharina Konradi
Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Switch up your listening with classical music
In Tune's specially curated playlist, including Handel, gamelan and a French nightingale.
19:30
BBC Proms—2020, Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony
Colin Davis conducts Sibelius, Tippett and Beethoven.
22:00
Between the Ears—The In-Between Land
The magical North Pennines landscape of deaf shepherd-poet Josephine Dickinson
22:30
The Essay—Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence, Seeds
4/5A cellist plants the seeds of her future in the Scottish Highlands.
22:45
The Essay—Five Screen Gods, Joel McCrea
4/5Sarah Churchwell celebrates various stars of the silver screen from the 1930s and 1940s.
23:00
BBC Proms—Late Escapes, Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices perform Stockhausen's Stimmung
Theatre of Voices perform Stockhausen’s Stimmung for 'six singers and six microphones'.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Brahms and Vaughan Williams
Christian Tetzlaff and NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in concert. With Jonathan Swain.












