Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates the festive season with Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Show more
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Impressions Francaises played by Juliette Hurel; Artist of the Week: the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Charpentier: Te Deum in D. Show more
With Napoleon's own musicianship and tastes in question, is there any place for him as an impresario? Composers' views were divided, as Donald Macleod finds. Show more
Penny Gore presents Imogen Cooper (piano), Henning Kraggerud (violin) and Adrian Brendel (cello) in concert. Kurtag: Hommage a Schubert. Schubert: Notturno; Piano Trio in E flat. Show more
The BBC Singers perform advent music by Palestrina, Bach, Bax and others. Plus works by Schumann, Dove and Crosse. Show more
Suzy Klein is joined by celebrated concert organist Gillian Weir. Plus live performances from pianist Piers Lane and soprano Kate Royal. Show more
With Napoleon's own musicianship and tastes in question, is there any place for him as an impresario? Composers' views were divided, as Donald Macleod finds. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Wigmore Hall, London
Episode 1: Britten Birthday Concert, part 1 - Les illuminations, Lachrymae
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Martyn Brabbins conducts the Nash Ensemble in music by Britten: Les illuminations; Lachrymae for viola and strings. With Sandrine Piau, John Mark Ainsley and Lawrence Power. Show more
Writer Ronald Blythe, author of Akenfield, the classic oral history of East Anglian rural life, talks to Mark Cocker about his career and times. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Wigmore Hall, London
Episode 2: Britten Birthday Concert, part 2 - Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, the Nash Ensemble's all-Britten concert concludes with another early song cycle, the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op 31. Show more
Night Waves
Julius Caesar, Cross-Casting, Tim Pat Coogan, Buddhism, Brazilian Writers
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
With a review of an all-female production of Julius Caesar starring Harriet Walter, Fiona Shaw on cross-casting and Tim Pat Coogan on Britain's role in the Irish famine. Show more
In a series exploring people's personal connections to aspects of Napoleon's life, writer Andrea Stuart celebrates Napoleon's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais. Show more
Verity Sharp presents soul music by Ljiljana Buttler, Korean geomungo zither, the music of James McMillan performed by Capella Nova and frog noises transformed electronically. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Wayne Marshall conducts the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-American programme, featuring Bernstein and Gershwin. Show more
