Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Elgar: Salut d'amour. Gershwin: Three Preludes for piano. Mendelssohn: Overture (Ruy Blas). Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Nielsen's Symphony No 2 conducted by Herbert Blomstedt; Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111 (soloist: Claudio Arrau). Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the music of Finnish composers who reacted against Sibelius's influence, including Merikanto and his students. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2011
Episode 3: Nicolas Altstaedt, Ben Johnson, Escher String Quartet
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Nicolas Altstaedt in Debussy: Cello Sonata. Ben Johnson (tenor) in songs by Liszt. Escher String Quartet in Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op 51. Show more
Penny Gore presents Rossini's Mose in Egitto performed at the 2011 Pesaro Rossini Festival. Roberto Abbado conducts the Bologna Municipa Theatre Orchestra. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty, with live performances in the studio by pianist Clare Hammond and the Smith Quartet and an interview with conductor James Gaffigan. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the music of Finnish composers who reacted against Sibelius's influence, including Merikanto and his students. Show more
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in an all-Bartok concert. Bartok: Contrasts; Suite (The Wooden Prince); Dance Suite; Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Yefim Bronfman). Show more
Philip Dodd talks to the novelist Jeanette Winterson about her new memoir, 'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?' in which she searches for her birth mother. Show more
Journalist Julian Pettifer explains how Rachel Carson's The Silent Spring turned him into an environmentalist. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music and a special session with Norwegian pianist Christian Wallumrod and his ensemble, with Dublin-born viola virtuoso Garth Knox. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes piano music by Schumann and Chopin. Show more
