Sara Mohr-Pietsch shares her musical enthusiasms, including a Hungarian Dance by Brahms, an organ concerto by Handel, and an aria from Charpentier's opera Louise. Show more
With James Jolly. Grainger: Molly on the Shore. Field: Nocturne No 4. Elgar: Grania and Diarmid (excerpts). Harty: An Irish Symphony. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 2 No 1. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the circumstances surrounding the creation of Dukas's only symphony and considers its significance in French musical history. Show more
Mahan Esfahani in a harpsichord recital at the University of Leeds. Gibbons: Fantasia, MB11. Bach: Preludes and Fugues - Book 1 (selection). Marc Yeats: rhema (world premiere). Show more
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Petroc Trelawny talks to director of music at Hereford Cathedral Geraint Bowen about their upcoming Lenten season of music. Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg performs in the studio. Show more
A St David's Day concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales features a performance of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, from St David's Hall in Cardiff. Show more
Novelist Russell Celyn Jones recalls a memorable climb up Mount Snowdon and thinks about childhood, Wordsworth and the need to travel on foot. Show more
A St David's Day Concert of popular classics from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales concludes with a performance of Orff's Carmina Burana, from St David's Hall in Cardiff. Show more
Night Waves
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Skip Gates, Happiness, Archipelago
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Anne McElvoy. With a review of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the Royal Ballet, historian Skip Gates, a discussion on happiness, and the new film Archipelago. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the circumstances surrounding the creation of Dukas's only symphony and considers its significance in French musical history. Show more
After a bizarre dream, author and critic Michael Bracewell is prompted to explore all things German, which means travel and much speculation. In this programme, he visits Cologne. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes a duet from Lol Coxhill and Steve Miller, Liszt played by Ashley Wass, a rarity from World Standard and A Filetta Corsican Voices. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents a concert given in Paris in 2010, in which Riccardo Muti conducts the French National Orchestra and chorus in two contrasting masses by Schubert and Cherubini. Show more
