Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Dvorak's First Legend in G minor, Chopin's Military Polonaise in A, and Quilter's Children's Overture. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: Colin Davis conducts Verdi: Falstaff (Act 3, Part 2); Rob's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49. Show more
Donald Macleod presents music associated with the various monarchs who reigned during Handel's time in England. Show more
Elisabeth Leonskaja in a piano recital given at LSO St Luke's in London. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 20 in G; Piano Sonata No 30 in E; Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor. Show more
Louise Fryer presents a period instrument performance of Mozart's great opera buffa Le nozze di Figaro, given at the 2011 Salzburg Festival. Show more
Texts and music on the theme of money, with readings by Sylvestra Le Touzel and Dan Stevens. Includes Dostoyevsky, Defoe and F Scott Fitzgerald, plus Beethoven, Puccini, Stravinsky. Show more
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Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from St John's, Smith Square
Episode 1: Christmas Oratorio - Parts 1 and 2
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
In a concert from St John's Smith Square, London, Stephen Layton conducts the OAE and the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge in Parts 1 and 2 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Show more
Helen Bond analyses the Scriptures and the Apocrypha for evidence of Christ's missing years. How does this absence affect our understanding of him? Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from St John's, Smith Square
Episode 2: Christmas Oratorio - Parts 3 and 6
1 hour, 10 minutes
on BBC Radio 3From St John's, Smith Square in London, Stephen Layton conducts the OAE and the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge in Parts 3 and 6 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Show more
As part of a series of special editions examining the cultural forces affecting our lives, Anne McElvoy considers how population growth is shaping the 21st century. Show more
Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form, which McCall Smith used in his novels 44 Scotland Street and Corduroy Mansions. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents music from Oneohtrix Point Never and Troyka, plus a special session featuring hardanger fiddle player Synnove S Bjorset and veena player Hari Sivanesan. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Giovanni Ristori's Christmas-themed mass. Show more
