Sara Mohr-Pietsch shares her musical enthusiasms. Including Vivaldi's Basoon Concerto, Gluck's Dance of the Furies and the latest Specialist Classical Chart. Show more
With James Jolly. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6. Liszt: Sonetta 47 del Petrarca. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 6. Sibelius: En Saga. Stravinsky: Symphonies of wind instruments. Show more
Composer of the Week
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends
Episode 2: Vladimir Deshevov
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod with a complete performance of perhaps Shostakovich's least-played symphony - his second. Plus a miniature for piano by a forgotten contemporary - Vladimir Deshevov. Show more
Jack Liebeck (violin), Bengt Forsberg (piano) perform in the Great Hall of Queen's University as part of 2010's Belfast Festival. Dvorak: Sonatine. Korngold: Violin Sonata, Op 6. Show more
With Louise Fryer. Dvorak: Serenade for Strings. Frederic Cliffe: Violin Concerto in D minor. McCabe: The Morning Watch; The Evening Watch. Shostakovich: Symphony No 12. Show more
Sean is joined by organist Robert Quinney. Plus excerpts of Bach's St John Passion, with David Hill conducting tenor William Kendall and countertenor William Towers in the studio. Show more
Concert in which Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic. Eotvos: Shadows (UK premiere of orchestral version). Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2. Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony. Show more
Night Waves
The Tenth Parallel, Mike Figgis, Wilful Blindness, Climate Change Plays
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy discusses the tenth parallel and reviews film director Mike Figgis's ENO directing debut. Plus Margaret Hefferman on 'wilful blindness' and plays about climate change. Show more
Composer of the Week
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends
Episode 2: Vladimir Deshevov
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod with a complete performance of perhaps Shostakovich's least-played symphony - his second. Plus a miniature for piano by a forgotten contemporary - Vladimir Deshevov. Show more
Poet and writer Ruth Padel explores how literature and history have shaped British attitudes to the robin and asks what the sight of the bird in the snow still means to us today. Show more
Max Reinhardt presents music including Ibrahim Maalouf, Penguin Cafe, a Bach sarabande, a Johnson pavane with Captain Beefheart and guitarist David Osbiston. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes an archive performance of Bruckner's Symphony No 6, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Eugen Jochum. Show more
