Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Grieg: Lyric Pieces; Artist of the Week: Rene Jacobs; Essential Choice. Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 in B flat. Show more
Donald Macleod journeys through the period 1804-5, when Beethoven turns to writing an opera. Show more
Pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christian Ihle Hadland in Chopin, Grieg, Kjerulf, Mendelssohn and Schumann at the 2012 City of London Festival. Show more
Handel's music for royal occasions heard at the Proms last week in a performance by the French period instrument ensemble Le Concert Spirituel and conductor Herve Niquet. Show more
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In Tune
Wallace and Gromit animator Merlin Crossingham, Youth Music Voices, opera director Laurent Pelly
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty presents, with guests including baritone Elliot Madore, conductor Kazushi Ono and director Laurent Pelly, all involved in a Ravel double-bill at Glyndebourne. Show more
Donald Macleod journeys through the period 1804-5, when Beethoven turns to writing an opera. Show more
Prom in which Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Smetana, Orch. Szell: String Quartet No 1. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1 in D (soloist: Vadim Gluzman). Show more
Suzy Klein delves into the archives and finds behind-the-scenes panic at the BBC as it prepared for Toscanini's visits to conduct the BBC SO in the 1930s. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's Symphony No 7 in D minor. Show more
Dr Adam Smith travels from Lincoln's home town to Washington, DC, and the battlefields of Virginia as he asks why the North fought and what it won. Show more
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young artists. The performers include the Rob Brockway Trio and Manchester poet Adam O'Riordan. Show more
Gulf War artist John Keane discusses how his children have influenced how he sees his art and his role as a father. Show more
Music from Terje Rypdal's re-released 1975 album Odyssey; Virginian band The Hot Seats; Galician dance music from Os Cempes and a song by Seth Lakeman. Fiona Talkington presents. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents performances of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with soloist Lars Vogt, Nielsen's Symphony No 1 and Sibelius by the Swedish Radio Orchestra. Show more
