Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music, news and the occasional surprise. Show more
With James Jolly. Boccherini: Cello Concerto No 2. Liszt: Apres un Lecture du Dante. Dvorak: Suite in A (American). Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 10. Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C. Show more
Composer of the Week
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends
Episode 5: Gavriil Popov
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod introduces Shostakovich's ballet The Golden Age, plus his doomed contemporary Gavriil Popov's First Symphony. Show more
Andrew Kennedy (tenor) and Joseph Middleton (piano) perform songs by Copland, Britten, Stravinsky and Bernstein in the Great Hall of Queen's University at 2010's Belfast Festival. Show more
With Louise Fryer. Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Daniel Muller-Schott). Nielsen: Symphony No 4. Weber: Euryanthe Overture. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1. Dvorak: Symphony No 8. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Philip Pickett, tenor Ed Lyon, soprano Joanne Lunn, viola da gamba player Henrik Persson, harpsichordist David Roblou and the Borodin Quartet. Show more
Presented by Catherine Bott, from the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Liszt: Mazeppa. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra. Show more
Marina Frolova-Walker explores two very different aspects of Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa - a controversial historical figure and a muse to 19th-century romantic artists. Show more
Presented by Catherine Bott, from the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW and Viktoria Mullova in Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Show more
Ian McMIllan explores narratives of illness. Guests include poet Gwyneth Lewis, memoirist Sarah Manguso and poet Raymond Tallis. Plus Kevin Jackson on Susan Sontag and Thom Gunn. Show more
Composer of the Week
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends
Episode 5: Gavriil Popov
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod introduces Shostakovich's ballet The Golden Age, plus his doomed contemporary Gavriil Popov's First Symphony. Show more
Writer and poet Ruth Padel explores how our attitudes to the fox have been changed and developed through history, science and literature. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents Congolese singer and rapper Fredy Massamba in session plus the latest sounds from around the world. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maxim Vengerov in a programme of Mozart and Brahms. Show more
