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 - Rob Cowan: Sound of Cinema
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Old Czech Marches and Dances; Ton Koopman; composer Debbie Wiseman; Sound of Cinema with Neil Brand: Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue. Show more
Composer of the Week
Sound of Cinema: British Film Music
Episode 2: The 1940s: Alwyn, Easdale and Vaughan Williams
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the legacy of one of the most prolific film composers of the mid-20th century: William Alwyn. Plus works by Brian Easdale and Vaughan Williams. Show more
Including London Winds in Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpts); Mozart: Serenade, K388. Plus Christopher Maltman (baritone) and Joseph Middleton (piano) in music by Haydn. Show more
The BBC NOW performs at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Thomson: Three Pictures for Orchestra. Barber: Violin Concerto. Copland: Inscape. Piston: Symphony No 6. Plus music by Lambert. Show more
In Tune
John Wilson, John Lill, Craig Revel Horwood, Sir Mark Elder: Sound of Cinema
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein talks to conductor John Wilson about classic Hollywood scores for the BBC Sound of Cinema season. Plus choreographer Craig Revel Horwood discussing his new book. Show more
Composer of the Week
Sound of Cinema: British Film Music
Episode 2: The 1940s: Alwyn, Easdale and Vaughan Williams
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores the legacy of one of the most prolific film composers of the mid-20th century: William Alwyn. Plus works by Brian Easdale and Vaughan Williams. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from St Asaph Cathedral
Episode 1: Peter Donohoe - North Wales Festival (part 1)
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Peter Donohoe (piano) performs at the 2013 North Wales International Music Festival. Tchaikovsky: Two pieces for piano, Op 1. Prokofiev: Sonata No 1, Op 1. Bartok: Rhapsody, Op 1. Show more
Stephen Johnson compares the first published works of Brahms and Berg, examining how each re-imagined the classical idea of a 'piano sonata'. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from St Asaph Cathedral
Episode 2: Peter Donohoe - North Wales Festival (part 2)
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Peter Donohoe (piano) performs at the 2013 North Wales International Music Festival. Berg: Sonata, Op 1. Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op 1. Brahms: Sonata No 1 in C, Op 1. Show more
Night Waves
Loyalty, Herodotus, Shunga, Martin Parr
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Philip discusses loyalty in public life, explores the world of Japanese erotic prints and talks to the historian Tom Holland and the photographer, Martin Parr. Show more
Film scholar Ian Christie discusses Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, dubbed the 'British Citizen Kane'. Show more
Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes Kamanceh playing from Kayhan Kalhor, keys from Kjetil Husebo and film music from Michael Nyman. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Attilio Ariosti's opera La fede ne' tradimenti. Show more
