Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Can-Can and Other Dances from the Opera; Artist of the Week; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Corelli: Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 1. Show more
Composer of the Week
Avison and Stanley (1709-1770 and 1712-1786)
Episode 2: Avison and a Succession of Disputes
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the various musical disputes involving Charles Avison. Show more
From 2012's Lammermuir Festival, Andrew Kennedy (tenor) and Joseph Middleton (piano) in songs inspired by spring, by Faure, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wolf, Grieg, Bax and Bridge. Show more
Music performed by the Cleveland Orchestra. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture. Brahms: Symphony No 3. Haydn: Piano Concerto, H XVIII 2. Bruckner: Symphony No 7. Show more
Suzy Klein presents live music and guests including cellist Alisa Weilerstein, composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and singers from Opera North's Dido and Aeneas. Show more
Composer of the Week
Avison and Stanley (1709-1770 and 1712-1786)
Episode 2: Avison and a Succession of Disputes
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the various musical disputes involving Charles Avison. Show more
Daniel Harding conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius: Tapiola. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Trumpet Concerto (From the Wreckage) (Hakan Hardenberger). Beethoven: Symphony No 3. Show more
Night Waves
Eugene Onegin, Biotechnology, Extinction, Liberty and Security
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Philip Dodd reviews the new Eugene Onegin at Covent Garden. Plus the benefits of extinction: can the demise of species actually be good for evolution? Show more
Richard Mabey tells the story of a lifetime of weather. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents music from Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin, music for maracas and tape by Javier Alvarez, and John Martyn's version of Strange Fruit. Show more
With Jonathan Swain. The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande featuring oboist Heinz Holliger as conductor and soloist in works by Gounod, Leclair, Reicha and Mozart's Symphony No 40. Show more