Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast programme. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Claire Taylor's favourite music; Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpt). Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Philip Glass's early years, exploring how the influence of Indian music gave birth to minimalism, and introducing a recent symphony. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, Louise Fryer introduces Finnish string quartet Meta4. Faure: String Quartet in E minor, Op 121. Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3. Show more
With Katie Derham. BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich: October. Ligeti: Ramifications. Glazunov: Violin Concerto. Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead. Shostakovich: Symphony No 9. Show more
Presented by Suzy Klein. With music from soprano Emma Kirkby and Cafe Mozart, plus violinist Callum Smart performing alongside Gordon Back. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Philip Glass's early years, exploring how the influence of Indian music gave birth to minimalism, and introducing a recent symphony. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Manchester Camerata - Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Strauss
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Gabor Takacs-Nagy conducts the Manchester Camerata. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor (soloist: Giovanni Guzzo). Strauss: Metamorphosen. Show more
Thomas Dormandy talks to Matthew Sweet about his book Opium: Reality's Dark Dream. And ahead of the start of a new season of Mad Men, Matthew asks is television rewriting history? Show more
Alan Johnston explains how Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell inspired him to become a journalist - and taught him some dark truths about politics. Show more
Jez Nelson presents avant-garde saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell in a concert combining a solo set with a trio performance along with British musicians. Show more
Jonathan Swain introduces Colin Davis conducting a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis at the 2011 Proms. Show more
