Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Chopin's Raindrop Prelude, Rachmaninov's Blessed is the Man, and Saint-Saens's The Swan. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Includes CD of the Week: Arias of Anna de Amicis, featuring Teodora Gheorghiu and Les Talens Lyriques; Artists of the Week: Hagen Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Episode 3: The Stage Works: Shakespearean Portraits
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores Vaughan Williams's works on Elizabethan and Tudor themes as well as the chequered performance history of his operas. Show more
Penny Gore presents a recital given at LSO St Luke's in London by the Skampa Quartet. Mozart: String Quartets: in B flat, K458 (Hunt); in D, K575 (Prussian). Show more
Music performed by the BBC SSO. Debussy: Le Martyre de St Sebastien. Berlioz: La mort de Cleopatre. Julian Anderson: Eden. Messiaen: Un Sourire. Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D. Show more
From Winchester Cathedral. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Schubert Ensemble, plus composer/conductor Matthias Pintscher. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Episode 3: The Stage Works: Shakespearean Portraits
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores Vaughan Williams's works on Elizabethan and Tudor themes as well as the chequered performance history of his operas. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Episode 1: Prokofiev: Symphonic Song; Piano Concerto No 5
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From the Royal Festival Hall, London, Steven Osborne (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski. Prokofiev: Symphonic Song, Op 57; Piano Concerto No 5. Show more
Lesley Chamberlain discusses the 'aesthetic Bolsheviks', the modernist artistic community of 1920s Moscow and Petersburg that embraced socialism. Show more
From the Royal Festival Hall, London, an all-Prokofiev concert concludes with Vladimir Jurowski conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Prokofiev's Symphony No 6. Show more
Night Waves
Roger Scruton, WG Sebald, Travelling Light, Being Scottish
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With philosopher Roger Scruton on his new book, the legacy of WG Sebald, the new play Travelling Light, and a debate on the notion of being Scottish. Show more
Alexandra Harris explores the history of artificial light through literary sources. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes a guitar improvisation by John Russell, a song by Devon Sproule, nycjelharpa music by Johan Hedin and Bach arranged by Vaughan Williams. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents a concert of music by Martinu, Bartok and Dvorak, performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Starek. Show more
