Sara Mohr-Pietsch with Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Beethoven's Egmont overture, Schubert's Liebesbotschaft (Schwanengesang), and Strauss's Waltz of the Spheres. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including; Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Weber: Turandot. Prokofiev: Cinderella; Rob's Essential Choice: Finzi: Dies natalis, Op 8. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Grainger's boyhood love of Rudyard Kipling culminated in his Jungle Book Cycle. Plus Grainger's 'greatest hits'. Show more
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) sings Schumann's Dichterliebe alongside settings of the same poems by Liszt, Ives, Wolf, Grieg, Mendelssohn, von Suppe, Loewe and Meyerbeer. Show more
Music to accompany the BBC Four Symphony series. With Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D. Britten: Four Sea Interludes. Elgar: Sea Pictures. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7). Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With a performance from young Nuevo Tango ensemble the Fugata Quintet, and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter talking about her career. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Grainger's boyhood love of Rudyard Kipling culminated in his Jungle Book Cycle. Plus Grainger's 'greatest hits'. Show more
The Coull String Quartet in a concert from Earth Music Bristol at St George's. Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird). Cowie: Birdsong Bagatelles Nos 1-12. Show more
Sue Perkins and Tom Service explore your questions about who's still writing symphonies now - and if you can be considered a great composer if you have not written one. Show more
In a concert from Earth Music Bristol, the Coull String Quartet performs Edward Cowie's Birdsong Bagatelles 13-24 and Dvorak's String Quartet in F, Op 96 (American). Show more
Ian McMillan and Toby Litt present a special edition dedicated to the word 'darkling', with writing from Shakespeare to Keats and new writing from Jo Shapcott and Val McDermid. Show more
Poet and writer Paul Farley explores why a bittern can sound like reggae. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy presents new releases from around the world, plus highlights from a London Jazz Festival concert given by Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra. Show more
Susan Sharpe introduces the Cherubini Requiem Mass and a programme of Vivaldi, Handel and Marcello from Slovenia. Show more
