Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Handel's Overture to Alcina, Britten's Young Person's Guide, and Elgar's Chanson de matin. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Artist of the Week: Pierre Hantai; Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Bizet's later life, when he still remained steadfast in his commitment to writing for the stage. Show more
Nikolai Demidenko in a piano recital given at Queen's University, Belfast. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 14 (Moonlight). Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3. Show more
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, based on part of Homer's Odyssey. With Mirko Guadagnini as Ulisse. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances from the Kuss Quartet, harpsichordist Laurence Cummings ahead of the London Handel Festival, and pianist Cordelia Williams. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Bizet's later life, when he still remained steadfast in his commitment to writing for the stage. Show more
In a concert from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Andrew Gourlay leads the Halle in Strauss's Serenade for Wind. Mark Elder then conducts Holst's The Hymn of Jesus. Show more
Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Second Symphony, which was inspired by a trip to Italy, a happy sojurn in Tintagel in Cornwall and a poem by Shelley. Show more
From Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Elgar's tragic and nostalgic Symphony No 2, a work strongly influenced by the writing of Percy Shelley. Show more
Night Waves
The English and Christianity, Four Horsemen, Miro Exhibition, Antarctica
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Anne McElvoy discusses the new documentary Four Horsemen which features the views of 23 thinkers on the world economic crisis. Plus an exhibition of Joan Miro's sculpture. Show more
Poet Kenneth Steven considers his own relationship to the peaks of the Scottish highlands, and what they mean to the Gaels, urban Scots and writers. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes Belgian experimental composer Henri Pousseur playing a piece for organ and Swedish all-girl group Kongero in traditional a cappella songs. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a concert of keyboard concertos by Chopin and Schumann performed on period pianos. Frans Bruggen conducts the Orchestra of the 18th Century. Show more
