Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Sarah Walker, and in the week the Olympic games begin, her guest the sportsman and writer Ed Smith. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Episode 2: Beethoven and the Early Signs of Deafness
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod surveys Beethoven's career in 1801, including the early signs of deafness. Show more
Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Escher String Quartet play works by Bartok, Zemlinsky and Dvorak at the 2012 City of London Festival. Show more
Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Another chance to hear the opening concert of their landmark Proms Beethoven symphony cycle. Show more
With Sean Rafferty. Filmmaker Michael Waldman presents his new project on Daniel Barenboim. Plus Oxford Philomusica director and pianist Marios Papadopoulos playing Beethoven live. Show more
Composer of the Week
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Episode 2: Beethoven and the Early Signs of Deafness
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod surveys Beethoven's career in 1801, including the early signs of deafness. Show more
Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No 8 in F and Pierre Boulez's Anthemes 2. Show more
BBC correspondent Ed Stourton is joined by a panel of guests to explore the influence of the social and political uprisings of last year's 'Arab Spring' on Arabic literature. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, in London. Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No 7. Show more
Adam Smith travels to Richmond, Virginia, the heart of the Southern Confederacy, to uncover the dramatic contradictions at the South's heart and the war it waged. Show more
Kronos Quartet makes its Proms debut with an eclectic programme ranging from Syrian folk-pop via Sofia Gubaidulina's Fourth Quartet to one based on Amazing Grace. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents. Don Cherry's Organic Music Society; Saharan Blues from Alhousseini Anivolla; Arianna Savall, and the Airkraft saxophone trio board the Pyongyang Express. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents Dmitri Sitkovetsky's arrangement for string orchestra of Bach's Goldberg Variations, recorded in Tasmania. Show more
