Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including music from Praetorius's Terpsichore, Chopin's Raindrop Prelude for piano, and Weber's overture to Oberon. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Includes CD of the Week: Placido Domingo, The Verdi Tenor; Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts Enescu, Prokofiev; Building a Library: Walton: Belshazzar's Feast. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Grainger's hothouse upbringing in Melbourne, his years of musical study in Frankfurt, and his move to London. Show more
Sarah Walker presents the Jerusalem Quartet in a recital from the Wigmore Hall, London. Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K421. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10. Show more
Music to accompany the BBC Four Symphony series. Wagner: Prelude (Tristan und Isolde). Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor. Sibelius: Kullervo. Show more
In Tune
21/11/2011 Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, The Wellensian Consort
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
With music from the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments and Choir of the Year 2010 the Wellensian Consort. Plus composer Errollyn Wallen and writer Bonnie Greer. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Grainger's hothouse upbringing in Melbourne, his years of musical study in Frankfurt, and his move to London. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC Concert Orchestra at Earth Music Bristol
Episode 1: Vaughan Williams, Milford, Delius, Ravel, Milhaud
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Barry Wordsworth conducts the BBC CO. Vaughan Williams: The Wasps. Milford: Fishing by Moonlight. Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Ravel: Ma mere l'oye (excerpt). Show more
Sue Perkins and Tom Service explore how the symphony articulated a dream of nationhood in the 19th century, Sibelius's changing reputation, and famous beginnings and endings. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC Concert Orchestra at Earth Music Bristol
Episode 2: Honneger, Vaughan Williams, Bartok
1 hour, 25 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Barry Wordsworth conducts the BBC CO. Honneger: Pastorale d'ete. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Cynthia Fleming - violin). Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste. Show more
Philip Dodd introduces an audience discussion given as part of the 2011 Free Thinking festival, in which psychotherapist Susie Orbach challenges the obsession with personal change. Show more
Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on how and why we like to sing together. Does this choral impulse spring from archetypal group dancing? Is it a precursor of language? Show more
Jez Nelson presents saxophonist Archie Shepp in performance with pianist Joachim Kühn at the London Jazz Festival. Show more
Susan Sharpe's selection includes a concert in which the Orchestra della Svizzera Italia perform music by Prokofiev, Weill and Strauss. Show more
