Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Show more
With James Jolly. Including Bellini: Sinfonia breve in D. Mozart: Symphony in G minor, K183. Schumann: Faust's Death. Brahms: Sonata No 3. Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 16. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how William Walton became known in London as the most precocious British composer of the 1920s after befriending the Sitwell siblings. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London. Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin performs two Haydn sonatas, Liszt's Harmonies du soir, from Transcendental Studies and Chopin's Ballade No 4 in F minor. Show more
Penny Gore presents music from the BBC Concert Orchestra and other UK ensembles. Featuring Copland: Music for Movies. Plus works by Karlowicz, Dvorak, Bach, Mozart and Britten. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Libor Pesek on his upcoming performance with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, plus pianist Jonathan Plowright playing in the studio. Show more
Presented by Martin Handley. From the Ulster Hall in Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra under Michal Dworzynski in Borodin, Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Plus Daniel Barenboim in Chopin. Show more
Night Waves
Peter Carey/The Music Instinct/Gwyneth Lewis/Catcher in the Rye
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Peter Carey on his latest novel, science writer Philip Ball on listening to music, Welsh Poet Laureate Gwyneth Lewis and Catcher in the Rye. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how William Walton became known in London as the most precocious British composer of the 1920s after befriending the Sitwell siblings. Show more
Jonathan Ree describes how a young, still unknown Hazlitt, living a solitary life near the small village of Winterslow, devoted himself to becoming a serious philosophical writer. Show more
Jez Nelson presents highlights from the 2009 Saalfelden Jazz Festival held in the foothills of Austria. Featuring music from Ornette Coleman, Big Air and Broken Arm Trio. Show more
John Shea presents music by Victoria, Beethoven, Mozetich, Albeniz, J Strauss II, Schubert, Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, Lithander, Bach, Geminiani, Durant, Verdi, Kuhlau and Wagner. Show more
