Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including a Slavonic Dance by Dvorak, Liszt's Liebestraum No 3 for piano, and Mozart's overture to Cosi fan tutte. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy; Novelist Mavis Cheek; Essential Choice: Strauss: Metamorphosen, Op 142. Show more
Composer of the Week
Le Concert Spirituel
Episode 5: Not With a Bang But a Whimper - The End of the Concert Spirituel
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the final years of the Concert Spirituel. With music by Haydn, Devienne and Gossec. Show more
Khatia Buniatishvili in a piano recital given at LSO St Luke's. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor (Tempest); No 19 in G minor; No 23 in F minor (Appassionata). Show more
Concerts given in Spain. Berlin Philharmonic in Chabrier: Espana. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez. Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2. Plus Daniel Barenboim in Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27. Show more
Sean Rafferty welcomes concertina and Northumbrian pipes player Alistair Anderson into the studio with his band, plus Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak talks to Sean and performs live. Show more
Composer of the Week
Le Concert Spirituel
Episode 5: Not With a Bang But a Whimper - The End of the Concert Spirituel
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod focuses on the final years of the Concert Spirituel. With music by Haydn, Devienne and Gossec. Show more
Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, Thierry Fischer directs the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales in Berlioz's sacred trilogy for Christmas - The Childhood of Christ. Show more
The Verb
Dickens Special - with Charles Dance, Rachel Rose Reid and Malcolm Andrews
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Ian McMillan is joined at the BBC Radio Theatre by guests including Charles Dance and Rachel Rose Reid to celebrate Charles Dickens's work and the art of reading his books aloud. Show more
Writer Amanda Hopkinson lifts the lid on WG Sebald's photographic archive. He was fascinated by photographs and found in them an essential, evocative counterpoint to his stories. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents music from around the world, and a full one-hour raga performance by young UK sitar virtuoso Roopa Panesar, given at the 2011 Darbar Festival in London. Show more
John Shea presents a selection of concert performances from around Europe, including the Orchestra della Svizzera Italia in music by Villa-Lobos and Moreno. Show more
