Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Katia Michel - Schubertiade in Vilabertran Festival
With a recital by pianist Katia Michel from the Schubertiade in Vilabertran Festival.
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Morning
06:30
Radio 3 Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan, plus Sarah Walker with John Lithgow
Artist of the week: the Vienna Philharmonic, featured in Beethoven's Symphony No 8 in F.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Malvern
3/5Donald Macleod on how Elgar's music was influenced by the landscape of the Malvern hills.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Leeds International Piano Competition 2015, Episode 2
2/4Sarah Walker with highlights from the semi-finals of Leeds International Piano Competition
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2015 Repeats, Prom 65: Alice Coote Sings Handel
The English Concert under Harry Bicket with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote perform Handel arias(R)
15:30
Choral Evensong—King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Marian Choral Vespers recorded in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, in March 2015.
16:30
In Tune—Benjamin Grosvenor, Anneleen Lenaerts
Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news. Including pianist Benjamin Grosvenor.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Malvern
3/5Donald Macleod on how Elgar's music was influenced by the landscape of the Malvern hills.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 72, Prom 72 (part 1): Nielsen and Ives
1/2Andrew Litton conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Nielsen.
20:30
BBC Proms—2015, Proms Extra, Charles Ives's Symphony No 4
Andrew McGregor investigates Charles Ives's Symphony No 4.
20:50
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 72, Prom 72 (part 2): Nielsen and Ives
2/2BBC Symphony Orchestra in Ives's Symphony No 4, plus Webster, Zeuner, Marsh and Mason.
22:15
Sunday Feature—Caucasian Roots, Episode 1
1/2Historian Bettany Hughes follows the trail of the Caucasus in antiquity.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt's selection includes music from King Creosote and Jon Hopkins.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Mark Padmore in Recital
Includes Schubert and Faure songs performed by tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Julius Drake
