Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including a piano Prelude by Rachmaninov, Schubert's Second Symphony, and Glinka's overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Grieg: Le Djinn. Clifford Curzon (piano) in Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No 4. Schubert: Trout Quintet. Rob's Essential Choice: Smetana: Richard III; Haakon Jarl. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's disillusionment with Rome and his opera failures for the Venetian carnival season in 1707. Show more
The Kandinsky Trio plays at the Frick Collection in New York. Beethoven: Serenade in D, Op 8. Mozart: String Trio Movement in G, K Anh 66. Dohnanyi: Serenade in C, Op 10. Show more
Louise Fryer presents a performance given at the Vienna State Opera of Massenet's four-act opera Werther. With tenor Jonas Kaufmann and mezzo Sophie Koch. Show more
Sean Rafferty is in conversation with conductor Neville Marriner. Plus baritone Simon Keenlyside performing in the studio and music from Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's disillusionment with Rome and his opera failures for the Venetian carnival season in 1707. Show more
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist: Yefim Bronfman); Duke Bluebeard's Castle. Show more
Philip Dodd talks to financier and philanthropist George Soros. Since his Open Society Foundations began in 1984, Soros has given them more than seven billion pounds. Show more
Jenny Uglow explores how gardeners have always sought to dominate nature, from the Romans to the present day. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes Jonathan Harvey's Sufi Dance, the Ahmad Sham Sufi Qawwali Group, Sami musician Georg Buljo, and a song from Rapunzel and Sedayne. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents symphonies by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak performed by the Romanian Radio National Symphony Orchestra. Show more