Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Wagner: Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde). Show more
Donald Macleod discusses WF Bach's attempts to flee his father's reputation and assert his own musical gifts - by moving to Dresden. Show more
Joanna MacGregor (piano) performs Lili Boulanger's Trois Morceaux. Plus music by Nadia Boulanger, Amy Beach, Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Sofia Gubaidulina. Show more
Music performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. J Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube. Berg: Violin Concerto. Plus worsk by Schubert, Schumann, Mozart and Brahms. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, cellist Peter Gregson and violinist Alina Ibragimova. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses WF Bach's attempts to flee his father's reputation and assert his own musical gifts - by moving to Dresden. Show more
BBC NOW/Francois-Xavier Roth. Matthews: Reflected Images. Britten/Matthews: Movements for a clarinet concerto. Charlie Piper: The Twittering Machine. Elgar: Enigma Variations. Show more
Night Waves
A Chorus Line, Shlomo Sand, What is Old Age
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Philip Dodd reviews the revival of the 1975 musical A Chorus Line, interviews the Israeli historian Shlomo Sand, and discusses the significance of old age. Show more
Christopher Hope discusses the cold winds of Languedoc. Show more
Max Reinhardt's selection includes Laurel Halo's Thaw, Alfred Lewis's Mississippi Swamp Moan, Albert Ayler's recording of Summertime, and David Sylvian and Stephan Mathieu. Show more
Nicola Christie presents the second in a series of concerts given by the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, with music performed in Brazil. Show more
