Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba. Show more
With James Jolly. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B, BWV 868. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the work of Joseph Haydn's younger brother, focusing on his time as music director to the Bishop of Grosswardein and as a concertmaster in Salzburg. Show more
Presented by Katie Derham. From London's Wigmore Hall, Austrian soprano Genia Kuhmeier with pianist Helmut Deutsch perform music by Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Strauss. Show more
With Penny Gore. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and 3. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C. Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, Op 48. Show more
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Including the A-Z of Opera, where X is for x-rated, plus listeners' suggestions for operatic Xs. Show more
The National Youth Orchestra under Paul Daniel in music by Edgard Varese: Tuning Up (arr Chou Wen Chung); Arcana; Nocturnal for soprano, male chorus and small orchestra; Ameriques. Show more
Night Waves
Howard Brenton, Perfection, 'Jewish Comedy'
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Philip Dodd talks to playwright Howard Brenton about dramatising the life of Henry VIII's wife Anne Boleyn and adapting Robert Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the work of Joseph Haydn's younger brother, focusing on his time as music director to the Bishop of Grosswardein and as a concertmaster in Salzburg. Show more
Diana Quick reflects on an actor's role as a storyteller and describes the voice as the most essential instrument. Show more
Jez Nelson presents American saxophonist David Murray performing with Guadeloupean drummer-vocalists the Gwo-Ka Masters at the 2010 Bath Festival. Show more
Jonathan Swain with music by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Mozart, J Strauss II, Haydn, Schoenberg, Bella, Kodaly, Vladigerov, Copland, Sances, Leclair, Franck. Show more
