Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, who shares her personal choice of music.
With Sarah Walker. Includes Albeniz, comp Granados: Azulejos. Donizetti, orch Zedda: Una furtiva lagrima (L'Elisir d'amore). Wagner, comp Mottl: Allegro con spirito (Symphony in E). Show more
Donald Macleod explores Schnittke's last years. Including a performance of the Ninth Symphony, deciphered after the composer's death by Alexander Raskatov. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music from the Fiddlefest 2 event. Works by Mozart and Schubert and the Brodsky and Badke Quartets in Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat. Show more
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC NOW in Brahms: Symphony No 4. Martinu: Double Concerto. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1 (soloist - Alina Ibragimova). Plus Dvorak, Esposito and Finzi. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Russian opera star Dmitri Hvorostovsky, plus cellist Raphael Wallfisch and pianist John York performing together in the studio. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. In a concert from St David's Hall, Cardiff, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under David Atherton perform Walton's classic Cello Concerto. Show more
Petroc Trelawny visits St Paul's Girls School in West London, where Holst taught. Recent pupils as well a former one, Margaret Eliot, talk about the composer's influence. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From St David's Hall, the BBC NOW under David Atherton performs Holst's classic work The Planets, depicting the awe and mystery of the night sky. Show more
The Verb
David Crystal/Simon Barraclough/Darrell Lloyd/Science Writing/Bestsellers of 1910
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word includes new fiction from Darrell Lloyd. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Schnittke's last years. Including a performance of the Ninth Symphony, deciphered after the composer's death by Alexander Raskatov. Show more
Professor Justin Champion explores Spinoza's clandestine works which became undercover publishing hits across Europe and made him an intellectual celebrity. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents sounds from around the world, including a studio session with Cameroonian sawa blues singer Muntu Valdo. Show more
John Shea presents music by Demessieux, Messiaen, Dupre, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Telemann, Bach, Debussy, Lebedjew, Viotti, Abel, Forster, Ravel, Sanz, Barber, Kirnberger. Show more
