Rob Cowan presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises.
With Sarah Walker. Includes Saint-Saens: Etude en forme de valse. Beethoven: Symphony No 7. Schutz: Venite ad me. Schumann: String Quartet in F. Schutz: Musicalische Exequien. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the conflicts Borodin faced between his twin careers - as scientist and musician - plus the origins of his First Symphony. Show more
In a concert from the Wigmore Hall, tenor Mark Padmore with pianist Andrew West perform Henze's Six Songs from the Arabian and Schumann's settings of Hans Christian Andersen. Show more
Katie Derham presents Walton: Symphony No 1. Tveitt: Piano Concerto No 1. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 127. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture. Plus music by Weill and Copland. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With tenor Charles Castronovo on performing in Cosi fan tutte at Covent Garden, and mezzo Joyce DiDonato ahead of two recitals at London's Wigmore Hall. Show more
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by young French conductor Lionel Bringiuer for music by Dutilleux and Stravinsky, plus Ravel's Piano concerto in G, featuring Angela Hewitt. Show more
Night Waves
Tom Paulin/Chekhov Anniversary/Free Will/Precious
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Philip Dodd. With poet and playwright Tom Paulin, Konstantin Eggert and Rosamund Bartlett on Anton Chekhov, plus anthropologist Kit Davis on the new film Precious. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the conflicts Borodin faced between his twin careers - as scientist and musician - plus the origins of his First Symphony. Show more
Actor Simon Russell Beale confides how the opportunity to perform in Chekhov's The Seagull with the Royal Shakespeare Company transformed his entire career. Show more
Jez Nelson presents a concert by Richard Barrett and fORCH given at the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Featuring the duo of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music including Beethoven's Missa solemnis, plus Mercadante, Mozart, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Boulogne, Faure, Langgaard, Ravel, Maurice, Wanski, Hummel and Bach. Show more
