Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the first instalment of Peter Donohoe's 50 Great Pianists, as part of Piano Season on the BBC. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Sir Adrian Boult: From Bach to Wagner; A survey of 50 great pianists; Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: A German Requiem. Show more
Composer of the Week
Field and Chopin (1782-1837 and 1810-1849)
Episode 1: Field, Chopin and the Nocturne
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the origins of the nocturne. Includes Chopin: Mazurka No 1 in B flat, Op 7; Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa/1 (1817). Field: Nocturne No 1 in E flat, H24. Show more
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (piano) in a live recital from Wigmore Hall, London. Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor. Delius: Caprice and Elegy; Romance; Cello Sonata. Show more
Katie Derham presents music performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Grieg: Lyric Suite. Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 and 4. Nielsen: Symphony No 5. Delius: Cynara. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents, with live piano music from David Owen Norris plus members of Chamber Domaine with baritone Jonathan McGovern and Matthew Sharp. Show more
Composer of the Week
Field and Chopin (1782-1837 and 1810-1849)
Episode 1: Field, Chopin and the Nocturne
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores the origins of the nocturne. Includes Chopin: Mazurka No 1 in B flat, Op 7; Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa/1 (1817). Field: Nocturne No 1 in E flat, H24. Show more
As part of Piano Season on the BBC, Pascal and Ami Rogé perform music for two pianos by Debussy, Poulenc and Ravel - live from the idyllic Wyastone Leys estate in the Wye Valley. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and guests answer listeners' questions about anything to do with the piano, with musical illustration from Richard Sisson. Show more
Pascal and Ami Rogé conclude their two-piano recital with Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole and a transcription of Debussy's La mer. Show more
Philip Dodd's guest is Mark Rylance, former artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, currently playing Richard III and set to reprise his role as Olivia in Twelfth Night. Show more
Art critic Alastair Sooke on how the piano has infused and informed painting and the arts. Part of the Piano Season on the BBC. Show more
As part of 'Piano Season on the BBC', Jez Nelson presents an exclusive session by British pianist Alexander Hawkins and his sextet. Show more
A concert from the Luxembourg Philharmonic featuring Nicholas Angelich in Brahms' Second Piano Concerto plus Tchaikovsky's Symphony no.2, conducted by Emmanuel Krivine. Show more
