Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring festive music and surprise features. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Leonid Kogan in Italian and Spanish music; Artist of the Week: conductor Paavo Berglund; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 8. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Brahms's vocal music written when he was a young man, when he fell under the spell of Romanticism. Show more
A live fortepiano recital by Kristian Bezuidenhout. Mozart: Prelude and Fugue in C, K394; Sonata in B flat, K333; Variations in G on Unser dummer Pobel meint, K455. Show more
2012 performances given by BBC orchestras. Schubert: Symphony No 5. Turina: Ritmos. Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op 16. Weber: Symphony No 2. Elgar: Enigma Variations. Mathias: Ave Rex. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including the first in a series of four Christmas Cracker mini-features, exploring different seasonal musical performances: Handel's Messiah. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Brahms's vocal music written when he was a young man, when he fell under the spell of Romanticism. Show more
The English Concert performs at Christ Church Spitalfields. Corelli: Christmas Concerto. Bach: Cantata: Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV36; Magnificat in D, BWV243. Show more
Night Waves
Ang Lee, The Dance of Death, Immigrant Groups and Culture, Angels
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy talks to Ang Lee. Plus a first-night review of Conor McPherson's new adaptation of August Strindberg's dark depiction of marriage, The Dance of Death. Show more
New Testament stories revisited and set in present-day pre-Christmas London. Dawn King's setting of the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders in a building firm. Show more
Jez Nelson presents the best live music of 2012, featuring tracks from Jazz on 3 performances and sessions. Kevin LeGendre and John Fordham also select their highlights. Show more
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