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With James Jolly. Elgar: Harmony Music No 1. Mendelssohn: Pieces for String Quartet, Op 81 (excerpts). Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony. Sibelius: Arabesque. Brahms: Symphony No 3. Show more
Donald Macleod talks to composers Paul Moravec and Ned Rorem about their residencies at MacDowell and learns how its vision of interaction between artistic disciplines could work. Show more
Tasmin Little (violin) and Piers Lane (piano) perform a recital at City Halls, Glasgow. Howard Ferguson: Violin Sonata No 2. MacMillan: Kiss on Wood. Elgar: Violin Sonata. Show more
Petri Sakari conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a live concert. And Penny Gore presents Bartok's disturbing one-act opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, in a production from Amsterdam. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to pianist Roger Woodward about Bach and Shostakovich. The Allegri Quartet perform and join composer Anthony Payne to discuss an upcoming world premiere. Show more
Robin Ticciati conducts Scottish Chamber Orchestra in music with Viennese connections. Webern: Concerto, Op 24. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 (with Lars Vogt). Brahms: Symphony No 4. Show more
Philip Dodd chairs an audience discussion at the Sage Gateshead in which a panel debates the question Has God Gone Global?, as part of Radio 3's 2010 Free Thinking festival. Show more
Donald Macleod talks to composers Paul Moravec and Ned Rorem about their residencies at MacDowell and learns how its vision of interaction between artistic disciplines could work. Show more
Dr Marilyn Yalom explores how the queen in chess transformed from a piece as week as a pawn to what she is today. When Chess came to Europe from Persia she was a vizier to the king. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents music from Finnish band Ronsy, organ and electronics from Lasse Marhaug and Nils Henrik Asheim, as well as Christmas carols from the Occitane tradition. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
