Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. With festival music and surprises, including the Breakfast Advent Calendar. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Smorgasbord - Mats Lidstrom (cello) and Bengt Forsberg (piano); Sarah's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ein Heldenleben. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Lalande and Marais achieved fame and fortune, with the latter enjoying the biggest success of his career with the production of Alcione in 1706. Show more
Players from the International Musicians Seminar perform String Trio in C minor, Op 9 No 3 in Bristol. Plus tenor Robert Murray and pianist Andrew West in Schumann's Dichterliebe. Show more
Katie Derham presents music from the BBC SSO. Olli Mustonen in Bartok: Piano Concerto No 1. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Plus Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 (Little Russian). Show more
From Birmingham Cathedral. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including live music: from one of the UK's foremost chamber choirs, The Cardinall's Musick, ahead of a Wigmore Hall concert, plus Crows' Bones. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Lalande and Marais achieved fame and fortune, with the latter enjoying the biggest success of his career with the production of Alcione in 1706. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Grisey, Mahler
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, Vladimir Jurowski leads the London Philharmonic. Grisey: Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil (Allison Bell: soprano). Mahler: Symphony No 5. Show more
Night Waves
The Nation State, In the Republic of Happiness, William Paul Young
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Philip Dodd and guests debate whether nation states are relevant in today's world. Plus an interview with the best-selling evangelical US author William Paul Young. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Quintessentially British, symbolising strength? Yet its existence is threatened. With Fiona Stafford. From December 2012. Show more
Verity Sharp's varied selection includes a song from Karine Polwart's latest album, Finnish jouhikko, Henry Cowell played by Chris Burn, Mendelssohn and Dajuin Yao. Show more
John Shea presents a complete performance of Smetana's Ma Vlast given at the 2011 Proms by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Jiri Belohlavek. Show more
