Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including a sonata for violin by Rebel, a madrigal by Byrd, and a song by Schubert. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Handel: The King Shall Rejoice; Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody; Brahms: Quintet for clarinet and strings; Dvorak: Symphony No 7. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Adolphe Adam's fortunes fluctuated, as he went from financial ruin following his opening an opera house, to success with the ballet Le corsair. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Summer Chamber Music in the Ulster Hall
Episode 2: Alexandra Soumm, Julien Quentin
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Alexandra Soumm (violin) and Julien Quentin (piano) in a recital given at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat, K378. Strauss: Violin Sonata. Show more
Katie Derham presents music performed by the Ulster Orchestra. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2 (with soloist Francois-Frederic Guy). Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3. Show more
From Peterborough Cathedral. Show more
In Tune
19/10/2011 Julian Joseph All Star Big Band, Raphael Wallfisch, Redmond O'Toole
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Presented by Suzy Klein. With conductor Francois-Xavier Roth, plus music from Julian Joseph's All Star Big Band, and cellist Raphael Wallfisch with guitarist Redmond O'Toole. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Adolphe Adam's fortunes fluctuated, as he went from financial ruin following his opening an opera house, to success with the ballet Le corsair. Show more
Markus Stenz conducts the London Philharmonic in a concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Mozart: Symphony No 41. Turnage: On Opened Ground (with Lawrence Power: viola). Show more
Discovering Music
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
20 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Stephen Johnson explores Strauss's tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, discussing how the composer adapted Nietzsche's complex and controversial ideas for the work. Show more
From the Royal Festival Hall, London, the London Philharmonic's concert under Markus Stenz concludes with a performance of Strauss's celebrated Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Show more
Night Waves
Ernest Hemingway, The Liberty of Servants
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Juliet Gardiner reads The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Volume 1 1907 - 1922. And a discussion on political power in Italy in the light of a new book by academic Maurizio Viroli. Show more
Poet and writer Ruth Padel explores our feelings for badgers and looks at the way our responses have been shaped by literature, biology and history. Show more
Verity Sharp presents new music from Brazilian producer Lucas Santtana, an English ballad sung by AL Lloyd, and Ernst Reijseger's soundtrack for the film Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Show more
John Shea presents music including Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel, plus Pergolesi, Sibelius, Novak, Bach, Schubert, Wolf, Gershwin, Grieg, Salieri, Mozart and Beethoven. Show more