Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Purcell's Music for a while, Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending and Bach's Mass in B minor. Show more
With James Jolly. Smetana: Overture (Hubicka). Beethoven: Fur Elise. Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5. Mozart: Quartet No 1 in D, K285. Show more
Donald Macleod follows Svenden's early efforts in rejuvenating Norway's national music and on a trip to Bayreuth for Wagner's birthday party. Show more
Donald Macleod and Iain Burnside present a showcase of the Song Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World 2011, featuring singers from China, England and Switzerland. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Act 1 of Die Walkure, from Paris Opera's celebrated production of Wagner's epic Ring cycle. Show more
From Chichester Cathedral on the eve of the Feast of St Richard. Show more
Richard Farnes and Anne Evans talk to Sean Rafferty about the new Opera North production of Wagner's Das Rheingold. And Gill Manly sings in the studio. Show more
Donald Macleod follows Svenden's early efforts in rejuvenating Norway's national music and on a trip to Bayreuth for Wagner's birthday party. Show more
Martin Handley presents Purcell's semi-opera King Arthur from the 2011 Spitalfields Summer Festival. Featuring The English Concert and I Fagiolini under Robert Hollingworth. Show more
Discussing melancholy in music, Suzy Klein is joined by composer Tarik O'Regan and arts critic Charlotte Higgins to talk about Dowland, Mozart and Bartok. Show more
From Shoreditch Church, London, as part of the Spitalfields Summer Festival. Robert Hollingworth leads I Fagiolini in the conclusion of Purcell's King Arthur.
Night Waves
Student Extremism, Animation, Northern Renaissance Art, the Curtain Call
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Presented by Philip Dodd. With a discussion on student extremism, how animation has reached the mainstream, an exhibition of Northern Renaissance art, and the curtain call. Show more
Exploring how in 2,250 BC Cappadocia became the first state to guarantee the weight and purity of its silver ingots, creating the idea of international and cross-boundary standards. Show more
Max Reinhardt's selection includes Ligeti's String Quartet No 1, Blind Boy Fuller and Floyd Council's If You Don't Give Me What I Want and Ake Parmerud's Alias Part II. Show more
John Shea presents the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra playing Brahms and Rachmaninov. Show more
