Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring S in A-Z of film music, including works by Jerry Goldsmith for Star Trek, Mischa Spoliansky and Stravinsky. Show more
Essential Classics
Monday - Rob Cowan: Sound of Cinema
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: The Vagabond: Bryn Terfel/Malcolm Martineau; Artists of the Week: Beaux Arts Trio; Sound of Cinema with Neil Brand: Williams: Close Encounters Suite. Show more
John Williams talks to Donald Macleod about his early jazz career, and his first meeting with a budding film director called Steven Spielberg. Show more
Cuarteto Casals performs live at the Wigmore Hall in London. Haydn: String Quartet in C (The Bird). Kurtag: Hommage a Mihaly Andras (12 Microludes). Bartok: String Quartet No 4. Show more
Penny Gore presents music used in films. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Beethoven: Symphony No 9. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Bach: Cello Suite No 5. Plus Steiner. Show more
Presented by Suzy Klein. With live music from jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth, plus organist Richard Hills talking about the restored cinema organ at the Hammersmith Apollo. Show more
John Williams talks to Donald Macleod about his early jazz career, and his first meeting with a budding film director called Steven Spielberg. Show more
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Puccini's little-known La Rondine. Angela Gheorghiu sings the role of Magda, the restless swallow. Show more
Night Waves
Clash of Civilizations, Simon Heffer, George Grosz
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Philip Dodd discusses the relevance of Huntington's Clash of Civilizations, reviews an exhibition of the work of George Grosz and talks to Simon Heffer about the Victorians. Show more
Matthew Sweet discusses the sounds of cinema's beginnings from the orchestras of big-budget epics to the small bands of the fleapits and discovers how their ghosts haunt us today. Show more
Jez Nelson presents highlights from the 2013 Vision Festival in New York, an event which celebrates the local and international avant-jazz scene. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents the Hollywood Rhapsody Prom from 2013, with John Wilson and his orchestra. Show more
