Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Chopin's Polonaise Brilliant for cello and piano, Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm and the Classical Chart. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Arias of Anna de Amicis, with Teodora Gheorghiu and Les Talens Lyriques; Essential Choice: Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Episode 2: The Stage Works - A Vision of Albion
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the appeal to Vaughan Williams of John Bunyan's book The Pilgrim's Progress as well as the composer's friendship with Gustav Holst. Show more
Penny Gore presents a piano recital given at LSO St Luke's in London by Christian Blackshaw. Mozart: Sonata in C, K309; Fantasie in D minor, K397; Sonata in C minor, K457. Show more
Performances by the BBC SSO. Butterworth: Two English idylls. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor. Bridge: Phantasie Quartet in F sharp minor. Beethoven: Symphony No 2. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from violinist Daniel Hope, old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, and composer Julian Marshall's new song cycle Angel in the Forest. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Episode 2: The Stage Works - A Vision of Albion
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores the appeal to Vaughan Williams of John Bunyan's book The Pilgrim's Progress as well as the composer's friendship with Gustav Holst. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Jonathan Biss - Beethoven, Janacek, Chopin
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Recital by Jonathan Biss. Beethoven: Sonata, Op 10 No 1; Sonata, Op 81a. Janacek: In the Mists. Chopin: Nocturne, Op 62 No 2; Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op 61. Janacek: Sonata I X 1905. Show more
Night Waves
David Hockney, Adhaf Soueif, Scott's Last Expedition, Cities
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Juliet Gardiner with a review of A Bigger Picture, the first major exhibition of new landscape works by David Hockney inspired by his native East Yorkshire. Show more
Lecturer in romanticism Shahidha Bari re-examines the ideas behind the founding of Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Youth Orchestra. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents the Kronos Quartet in Vladimir Martynov's The Beatitudes, January Snows by the Owl Service, music from Per Oddvar Johansen, and Montserrat Figueras. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents a concert performance of the opera Pierre de Medicis by 19th century Polish composer Jozef Michal Poniatowski. Show more
