Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Brahms: Hungarian Dances and Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli. Show more
Donald Macleod explains why Bruckner's elation following the success of his Symphony No 7 was short-lived. His next was rejected as 'bewildering'. Show more
Music performed at the 2012 Bath Festival. London Winds in Janacek: Mladi (Youth). Jerusalem Quartet in Brahms: String Quartet No 3 in B flat, Op 67. Show more
Katie Derham presents Wexford Festival Opera's 2012 production of Chabrier's opera comique Le Roi malgre lui - King in Spite of Himself or The Reluctant King. Show more
Presented by James Jolly. With cellist Laura van der Heijden, Ben Johnson and Corinne Winters on ENO's La traviata, and The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Monterverdi's O mirtillo. Show more
Donald Macleod explains why Bruckner's elation following the success of his Symphony No 7 was short-lived. His next was rejected as 'bewildering'. Show more
The BBC SSO, conducted by Donald Runnicles, with the first part of a programme of Viennese classics by Strauss, Schubert, Berg and Beethoven. Live from City Halls, Glasgow. Show more
Three trombone experts talk about the life of an orchestral trombone player and the contribution this unique instrument makes to western music. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Episode 2: BBC SSO/Runnicles - Strauss, Schubert, Berg, Beethoven - Part 2
1 hour, 20 minutes
on BBC Radio 3The BBC SSO, conducted by Donald Runnicles, with the second part of a programme of Viennese classics by Strauss, Schubert, Berg and Beethoven. Live from City Halls, Glasgow. Show more
Night Waves
Timbuktu and Beyond, Old Times, Engineering for Victory, The Shard
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Anne McElvoy. With the libraries of Timbuktu, a review of Harold Pinter's play Old Times, historian Paul Kennedy on World War II engineers, and the Shard in London. Show more
Michael Wood discusses Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and king of the Anglo-Saxons, chronicling his achievements: including writings, reflections on kingship and military skill. Show more
Fiona Talkington has music from experimental electronic duo Matmos, Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, and David Sylvian re-imagined by electroacoustic musician Stephan Mathieu. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert from the 2012 BBC Proms. The BBC Philharmonic perform orchestral masterpieces by Richard Strauss and Sibelius. Show more
