Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Schumann's Adagio and Allegro for horn, Grieg's Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt, and a waltz by Chopin. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Arias of Anna de Amicis, with Teodora Gheorghiu and Les Talens Lyriques; Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 1. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Episode 4: The Stage Works - A Masterpiece and a Problem Opera
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on two completely contrasting Vaughan Williams operas, one being his most successful and the other a work that the composer fretted over for many years. Show more
Penny Gore presents a recital given at LSO St Luke's in London by the Vienna Piano Trio. Mozart: Piano Trios: in G, K564; in E, K542; in B flat, K502. Show more
Penny Gore presents a performance of Mozart's last opera, La Clemenza di Tito, given during the London Symphony Orchestra's 18-day residency at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances by Trio Manouche, excerpts from Royal Opera House's production of Don Giovanni and an interview with actor Simon Callow. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Episode 4: The Stage Works - A Masterpiece and a Problem Opera
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod focuses on two completely contrasting Vaughan Williams operas, one being his most successful and the other a work that the composer fretted over for many years. Show more
Concert in which Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. John Adams: The Chairman Dances. Qigang Chen: Enchantements Oublies (UK premiere). Show more
Stephen Johnson explores the symbolism of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, written during World War II and dedicated to the Russian city of Leningrad. Show more
In a concert from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 (Leningrad). Show more
Ahead of the opening of Clint Eastwood's new film J. Edgar, Anne McElvoy discusses the life of the controversial face of law enforcement in the United States for nearly 50 years. Show more
Zoe Norridge questions why photographs of Africa tend to fix our perceptions of the continent at its worst moments of destruction and despair. Show more
Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes Bach's Passacaglia in C minor, Olavi Louhivuroi's quintet Oddarrang, Pie Jesu by Robert Fripp and Vietnamese music from Hue. Show more
Jonathan Swain introduces Spanish pianist Jose Enrique Bagaria performing music by Haydn, Chopin, Albeniz and Schumann. Show more
