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AUGUST’S RADIO 3 LISTINGS

Schedules may be subject to alteration. For up-to-date listings see Radio Times

1 SUNDAY

7-9am Breakfast

9am-11.45am Sunday Morning

11.45am-1pm Proms 2021 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat ‘St Anne’, Fantasia and Fugue in G (Pièce d’orgue), Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor. Olivier Latry (organ)

1-2pm Lunchtime Concert (rpt)

2-3pm The Early Music Show

3-4pm Choral Evensong (rpt)

4-5pm Jazz Record Requests

5-5.30pm The Listening Service

5.30-6.45pm Words and Music

6.45-8pm TBC

8-10pm Proms 2021 Mozart Symphony Nos 39, 40 and 41.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Maxim Emelyanychev

10-11.30pm Record Review Extra

11.30pm-12am Slow Radio Deep Blue to Sky Blue

12-12.30am Classical Fix

2 MONDAY

6.30-9am Breakfast

9am-12noon Essential Classics

12noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoÿrák

1-2pm Proms 2021 live from Cadogan Hall, London. Zemlinsky Clarinet Trio, Brahms Clarinet Trio. Michael Collins (clarinet), Adrian Brendel (cello), Michael McHale (piano)

2-4.30pm Afternoon Concert

4.30-7pm In Tune

7-10pm Proms 2021 live from the Royal Albert Hall,

London. Purcell arr. Stokowski Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth (Dido’s Lament), Elizabeth Ogonek Cloudline (world premiere), Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1, Brahms Symphony No. 4. Sol Gabetta (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Elim Chan

10-10.45pm Feature (rpt)

10.45-11pm The Essay (rpt)

11pm-12.30am Night Tracks

3 TUESDAY

6.30-9am Breakfast

9am-12noon Essential Classics

12noon-1pm Composer of the Week Dvoÿrák

1-2pm Lunchtime Concert

2-5pm Afternoon Concert

5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape

7.30-10pm Proms 2021 live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Schubert Symphony No. 2, Ella Milch-Sheriff The Eternal Stranger (UK premiere), Beethoven Symphony No. 4. Eli Danker (actor), BBC Philharmonic/Omer Meir Wellber

10-10.45pm Feature (rpt)

10.45-11pm The Essay (rpt)

11pm-12.30am Night Tracks

4 WEDNESDAY

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