Ian Skelly presents a refreshing selection of music, including Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, Bach's Concerto in D minor for 3 harpsichords and Gershwin's Tiptoes overture. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Prokofiev: Symphony No 6; Icelandic and Scandinavian choral music; Disc of the Week: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1 and 3. Show more
Music Matters
Lorin Maazel, IMS Prussia Cove, Intellectual Property and Respighi.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Tom Service talks to veteran conductor Lorin Maazel, discovers why musicians flock to Prussia Cove in Cornwall every year and explores the life of Italian composer Respighi.
Lucie Skeaping explores the musical achievement and legacy of 17th century French composer Henry Du Mont. Show more
Presented by Fiona Talkington. Trio Wanderer give a recital at the Wigmore Hall, London. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat, Op 11. Brahms: Piano Trio in B, Op 8 (rev 1889). Show more
Lucy Duran attends the 2009 Gnawa and World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco, an event which celebrates the ancient tradition of spiritually healing trance music. Show more
On the centenary of the birth in 1911 of New Orleans pianist Alton Purnell, Alyn Shipton and Mike Pointon select his essential discs. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
From the New York Met, Alan Berg's highly dramatic Wozzeck, with baritone Alan Held in the title role and mezzo Waltraud Meier as his wife. James Levine conducts. Show more
Radio 3 New Generation Artist pianist Francesco Piemontesi, recorded at Wigmore Hall. Sonatas by Janacek and Beethoven, plus three dances from Stravinsky's The Firebird. Show more
Brett Dean's opera Bliss, based on the novel by Peter Carey and with a libretto by Amanda Holden, recorded at the 2010 Edinburgh International Festival. Show more
Alyn Shipton is joined by Gwyneth Herbert, a fine Lee interpreter, to explore singer Peggy Lee's earlier work, with Benny Goodman, as a broadcasting artist and as a jazz singer. Show more
Tonight's programme features Arvo Pärt's Canon's of Repentance, presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
