Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's breakfast programme. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Handel: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened. Haydn: String Quartet (The Joke). Chopin: Piano Sonata No 3. Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Holst's discomfort at the fame and approbation that followed the first performances of his Planets suite. Show more
The Florestan Trio in a concert given as part of the Beethoven Plus series at LSO St Luke's, London. Beethoven: Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3. Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor. Show more
With Louise Fryer. Britten: Phaedra. Bowen: Piano Concerto No 4. Bartok: Rhapsody No 1. Shostakovich, compl. Rozhdestvensky: New Babylon (excerpts). Ravel: Piano Concerto in D. Show more
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Presented by Sean Rafferty. Composer James MacMillan and conductor Clark Rundell talk about the world premiere of the opera Clemency. Plus music from pianist Konstantin Lifschitz. Show more
Performance on 3
City of London Sinfonia - Weber, Mozart, Barber, Copland
2 hours, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Michael Collins (clarinet) leads the City of London Sinfonia. Weber: Clarinet Concertino. Mozart: Ah, lo previdi. Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1. Plus music by Barber and Copland. Show more
Philip Dodd interviews the writer Edward St Aubyn about his new book At Last, the culmination of a series of semi-autobiographical novels based around the character Patrick Melrose. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Holst's discomfort at the fame and approbation that followed the first performances of his Planets suite. Show more
Author Abdulrazak Gurnah makes contact with his father after a long period of absence. He focused on his memories and his father's stories, which were used in his book Paradise. Show more
Fiona Talkington introduces music by American minimalist Ingram Marshall, guitarist Stian Westerhus, bluegrass from Chris Thile and Michael Daves and a reinterpretation of Ketelbey. Show more
Jonathan Swain introduces a selection of piano music played by Spanish pianist José Enrique Bagaria, including Haydn, Chopin, Albeniz and Schumann. Show more
