Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 [network rates]. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Alexis Weissenberg, the Champagne Pianist; Proms Artist Recommends; Rob's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No 4 in G, Op 61. Show more
Composer of the Week
200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society
Episode 1: Commissioning Beethoven's Ninth
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores how the Royal Philharmonic Society came to commission Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony. Show more
Live from Cadogan Hall, London, brass ensemble tenThing perform tangos, seguidillas, habaneras and serenades by Grieg, Piazzolla and Bizet, and a BBC commission from Diana Burrell. Show more
A Prom with the BBC SSO/Donald Runnicles. J Strauss II: By the Beautiful Blue Danube. MacMillan: Violin Concerto (with Vadim Repin). Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; Symphony No 5. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents live music from violinist Vilde Frang and her brass ensemble tenThing. Plus director and choreographer Joey McKneely on a new West Side Story production. Show more
Composer of the Week
200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society
Episode 1: Commissioning Beethoven's Ninth
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores how the Royal Philharmonic Society came to commission Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony. Show more
Prom in which Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Borodin: Overture; Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor). Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet). Show more
Evie Wyld's original short story, commissioned by Radio 3, about a couple looking for answers in the Great Barrier Reef. Show more
Conclusion of a Prom featuring the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. Edward Cowie: Earth Music 1: The Great Barrier Reef. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 (Little Russian). Show more
In an event that took place at the Royal College of Music, Andrew McGregor talks to composer Edward Cowie and introduces performances of some of his chamber works. Show more
Music from the BBC Introducing stage at the 2013 Manchester Jazz Festival: Laura Cole's Metamorphic, Moonlight Saving Time, Dominic J Marshall's piano trio and Twelveheads. Show more
John Shea presents a concert of Grieg and Sibelius given by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, with violinist Alexandra Soumm in Sibelius's two sets of Humoresques. Show more
