Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the A-Z of film music, the Musical Map and listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday - Sarah Walker: Sound of Cinema
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: French Wind Band Classicsl; Artist of the Week: Janet Baker; Sound of Cinema with Neil Brand: Prokofiev: Battle on the Ice (Alexander Nevsky). Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the musical fruits of Hollywood's fascination with novels and historical adventures. With scores by Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman and Korngold. Show more
Ruby Hughes (soprano) and Julius Drake (piano) in music by Schubert, including Standchen; Wanderers Nachtlied; Der Wanderer an den Mond. Plus Schubert's Piano Quintet in A (Trout). Show more
The Ulster Orchestra in music from America, by Copland, Ives, Irving Berlin, MacDowell, Toch. Plus Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1 featuring soloist Christian Ihle Hadland. Show more
In Tune
Julian Bream, Alison Balsom, Steven Osborne, Mitsuko Uchida, Danny Elfman: Sound of Cinema
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty talks to Alison Balsom, Steven Osborne and Julian Bream ahead of the Gramophone Awards. Plus, pianist Mitsuko Uchida and an interview with composer Danny Elfman. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the musical fruits of Hollywood's fascination with novels and historical adventures. With scores by Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman and Korngold. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic in film music. Goodwin: Theme: 633 Squadron. Bliss: Concert Suite: Things to Come. Bennett: Suite: Far from the Madding Crowd. Rozsa: Thief of Bagdad Suite. Show more
In a series of programmes exploring the relationship between film composers and directors, Carter Burwell, famed for scoring the Coen brothers' films, talks to Tom Service. Show more
Live from MediaCity in Salford, the conclusion of the BBC Philharmonic's concert of great film scores. With music by Rawsthorne, Goodwin, Coates and John Williams. Show more
Anne McElvoy is joined by celebrated Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood. Her latest novel MaddAddam completes her dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx and Crake. Show more
Simon Heffer discusses the 1951 film The Browning Version, pointing to how it outlined personal, marital and institutional failure with a clarity and honesty unusual for its time. Show more
Max Reinhardt is joined by director and musician Mike Figgis as part of the BBC's Sound of Cinema season. Plus music from Jocelyn Pook, Pat Metheny and Brian Eno. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Bartok's Piano Concerto No 3 performed at the 2011 Proms, with soloist Andras Schiff and the Halle conducted by Mark Elder. Show more
