Presented by Rob Cowan. Featuring a Beethoven overture, a Handel concerto grosso, a Brahms song and the latest Specialist Classical Chart. Show more
With James Jolly. Berlioz: Le corsaire overture. Copland: Prairie Journal. Dvorak: String Quintet in E flat. Ravel: La valse. Hanson: Symphony No 2. Show more
Donald Macleod introduces Amy Beach's Gaelic symphony of 1897, written shortly after Dvorak had called on American composers to forge a new national identity in music. Show more
Song recital given in Downpatrick, Co Down. Renata Pokupic (mezzo) and Roger Vignoles (piano) perform music by Faure, Bodizar Kunc, Samuel Barber and Kurt Weill. Show more
The CBSO and Andris Nelsons perform Wagner's Rienzi Overture and Dvorak's New World symphony. Pianist Paul Lewis joins them to play Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto. Show more
In Tune
03/08/2010 Tunde Jegede, The Kit Downes Trio, Simon Preston
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music and conversation from Kora player Tunde Jegede. Plus the Kit Downes Trio and organist Simon Preston discussing the Three Choirs Festival. Show more
Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO in an all-British programme. Foulds: Dynamic Triptych. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Show more
To mark 350 years since its inception, Max Hastings and Jenny Uglow join Ian McMillan for performed excerpts and discussion about Samuel Pepys' diary. What is its lasting appeal? Show more
Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in an all-British programme. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat. Show more
Tom de Waal visits the Soumela Monastery near Trabzon in Turkey, where Pontic Greeks from all over the world gather every year to celebrate the feast of the Virgin. Show more
Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis discusses the importance to her of Tennyson's poem The Kraken - about a legendary sea-monster. Show more
Max Reinhardt introduces traditional music from Brittany, Francois Bayle with Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayres, Ronald Brautigam playing Beethoven, and a malagasy rhapsody from D'Gary. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Puccini, Ferrabosco, Brahms, Scarlatti, Liszt, Castello, Berezovsky, Carmichael, Durante, Spohr, Durufle, Faure, Corigliano, Vivaldi, Dukas and Grieg. Show more
