Presented by Rob Cowan. Show more
With James Jolly. Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators. Kalliwoda: Concertino for oboe and orchestra, Op 110. Allegri: Miserere. Debussy: Suite bergamasque. Strauss: Four Last Songs. Show more
Donald Macleod is joined by Cheryl Young, who explains the relationship between sponsorship and an artistic residency programme. Show more
Recital from City Halls, Glasgow. Andrew Kennedy (tenor) in Vaughan Williams: Orpheus with his Lute; Linden Lea; Silent Noon. Aronowitz Ensemble in Elgar: Piano Quintet. Show more
From BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, Elin Manahan Thomas presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a Russian-flavoured concert. Plus the BBC SSO in Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes. Show more
With Sean Rafferty. Christine Rice and Ailish Tynan perform excerpts from Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, about to open at Covent Garden. Plus members of the Kuss String Quartet. Show more
Live from the Barbican, London. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks and Marc-Andre Dalbavie's Oboe Concerto (with Alexei Ogrintchouk). Show more
Rober Chandler introduces the work of Andrey Platonov, perhaps the greatest Russian writer to have written of the worst years of Stalin's dictatorship. Show more
Presented by Petroc Trelawny, from the Barbican, London. The BBC Symphony Orchestra's concert under chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek concludes with Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony. Show more
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, with a new story from Leila Aboulela, a review of the first anthology of rap lyrics and a novel made up entirely of questions. Show more
Donald Macleod is joined by Cheryl Young, who explains the relationship between sponsorship and an artistic residency programme. Show more
Writer Andrey Kurkov reflects on the murderous history of chess in Russia. Ivan the Terrible died during a match and Stalin got Krilenko to promote chess before killing him. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents a specially recorded session by Ethiopian jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke and the London-based Heliocentrics. Plus the latest world music releases on CD. Show more
Jonathan Swain's festive selection includes a Swedish recording of Bach's Christmas Cantata. Show more
