Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including dances from Praetorius's Terpsichore, Beethoven's Egmont Overture, and the Specialist Classical Chart. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Includes Herbert Blomstedt leading Weber's Clarinet Concertino (with Sabine Mayer) and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. Plus Essential Choice: Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the National Romantic movement in Finland through the music of Sibelius's contemporaries, Kuula and Madetoja. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2011
Episode 1: Francesco Piemontesi, Henk Neven, ATOS Trio
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Francesco Piemontesi (piano) in Chopin: Two Mazurkas, Op 59; Prelude in C sharp minor. Henk Neven (baritone) in Schumann. ATOS Trio in Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3. Show more
Presented by Penny Gore and Louise Fryer. In a concert from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, Neeme Jarvi conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Estonian and Finnish music. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from violinist Sian Philipps and pianist/composer Michael Omer, pianist Gabriela Montero and conductor Jaap van Zweden. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the National Romantic movement in Finland through the music of Sibelius's contemporaries, Kuula and Madetoja. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from Perth Concert Hall
Episode 1: Stravinsky: Concerto in D. Mendelssohn: Capriccio and Fugue
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Morton leads the Scottish Ensemble in a concert from Perth Concert Hall. Stravinsky: Concerto in D. Mendelssohn, arr Morton: Capriccio and Fugue. Stravinsky: Concertino. Show more
Discovering Music
Mendelssohn: Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Piano
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Stephen Johnson explores Mendelssohn's rarely heard Concerto for violin and piano to examine how the composer was already racing from being a child prodigy to an incipient genius. Show more
The Scottish Ensemble under Jonathan Morton (violin) performs at Peth Concert Hall. Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor (Alasdair Beatson: piano). Show more
Matthew Sweet presents a first night review of award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett's epic and dystopian new work 13, directed at the National Theatre by Thea Sharrock. Show more
Poet and musician Musa Okwonga explains how Shakespeare's Othello mirrored his experience of isolation as a young black British-Ugandan in a mainly white environment. Show more
Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes Finnish music from JPP, solo clarinet music by Hungarian composer Gergely Vajda, plus Syd Barrett, Bach and the Art of Noise. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Gounod's Romeo et Juliette in a performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Show more
