Thursday radio

THE PICK OF THIS WEEK’S RADIO

8 AUGUST FRIDAY

6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-2pm Live from Wigmore Hall 2-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week Harlem Renaissance 5-6.30pm In Tune 6.30-10pm Proms Shostakovich’s ‘Lad

Robert Thicknesse on Opera TO ANY SENSIBLE ...

A war surgeon’s struggles David Nott has spent ...

Classical music has an unusual problem: flags. Such seemingly innocuous items have the power to incite passionate responses and ignite public debate. The cast member who unfurled a Palestinian flag at