Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Wolf, Chopin, Verdi, Palestrina, Sibelius, Vivaldi, Suk, Strauss and Mozart. Show more
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Including Elgar: Froissart Concert Overture. Pergolesi: La conosco a quegl occhietti. Mozart: Symphony No 33. Stravinsky: Sonata for 2 pianos. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied. Show more
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Classical Collection
Including M Haydn: Symphony in E flat. Bartok: Piano Concerto No 1. Francaix: Quartet for cor anglais and strings. Brahms: 4 Serious Songs. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante. Show more
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Composer of the Week:Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87)
Including excerpts from Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Iphigenie en Aulide and Iphigenie en Tauride. Show more
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Afternoon on 3
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cedric Tiberghien. 2.00pm New Generation Artists. 4.00 The Making of Music. 41/60: The End of the Hapsburgs. Show more
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on classical music. 41/60: The End of the Hapsburgs. Show more
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In Tune
Sean Rafferty's guests include flautist Adam Walker, and cast members and the production team of a rare staging of Mozart's first oratorio Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots. Show more
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Performance on 3
Radio 3 celebrates Sir Colin Davis's 80th birthday with recordings from the archive. 1/5. Including a 1965 New Philharmonia Orchestra recording of Berlioz's Les Francs-juges. Show more
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Composer of the Week: Gluck
Including excerpts from Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Iphigenie en Aulide and Iphigenie en Tauride. Show more
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Night Waves
Gabriel Gbadamosi joins one of Britain's foremost nature writers, Richard Mabey, on a journey to explore society's long-standing relationship with its trees. Show more
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Artist Focus
With Tom Service. A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Soprano Felicity Lott performs a feast of English music including excerpts from Britten's Peter Grimes.
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The Essay
Strange Encounters: Four scientists relive a key moment in their discipline. 1/4: Breaking the Time Barrier. Archaeologist Clive Gamble sees the first evidence of the Stone Age. Show more
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Charlie Gillett
More intriguing sounds from around the world.
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Through the Night
Including 1.00 Debussy, Boulanger, Beethoven, Mahler. 3.35 Mozart, Abel, Sweelinck, Bartok, La Barre, Humperdinck. 5.00 Cramer, Abel, Chopin, Korngold, Tippett, Hellendaal. Show more