Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating the Sound of Cinema with the A-Z of film music, the Musical Map and listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Thurday - Rob Cowan: Sound of Cinema
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: The Vagabond: Bryn Terfel/Malcolm Martineau; Artists of the Week: Beaux Arts Trio; Sound of Cinema with Neil Brand: Honegger: Pacific 231. Show more
John Williams tells Donald Macleod how he created the fantastical musical worlds of Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and AI. Plus a unique concerto for the bassoon. Show more
Pianist Alexandra Silocea, cellist Steven Isserlis with pianist Sam Haywood play chamber music by Mozart, Debussy and Frank Bridge at the 2013 Ryedale Festival in North Yorkshire. Show more
Penny Gore presents a performance given at the Sao Carlos National Theatre in Lisbon in 2000 of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. Starring Dennis O'Neill and Aprile Millo. Show more
In Tune
Anoushka Shankar, Nicolas Roeg, English Touring Opera: Sound of Cinema
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
With Sean Rafferty. Sitar player Anoushka Shankar plays live and talks about her new album. Plus music from English Touring Opera and an interview with film director Nicolas Roeg. Show more
John Williams tells Donald Macleod how he created the fantastical musical worlds of Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and AI. Plus a unique concerto for the bassoon. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Episode 1: Halle - Britten, Shostakovich (part 1)
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra in the world premiere of Britten's work Britten in Wartime. Presented by Adam Tomlinson. Show more
Professor Trevor Cox talks to sound designers to find out how they use soundscapes and sound effects to manipulate excitement and emotion in the cinema audience. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Episode 2: Halle - Britten, Shostakovich (part 2)
1 hour, 45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra in a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 in C, Op 60 (Leningrad). Show more
Night Waves
Ghosts, Slavoj Žižek, Miliband, Melissa Benn
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy discusses Ibsen's Ghosts, dissects the ideology of Hollywood with Slavoj Žižek and discusses the problems facing young women with writer Melissa Benn. Show more
Writer and film critic David Thomson explores how film composers create mood and how the best music evokes a place beyond reality. Show more
Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes harpist Serafina Steer in session at the 2013 Latitude Festival, Timo Alakotila and Maria Kalaniemi, Dom La Nena and widescreen music. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in a programme of Dvorak and Mozart. Show more
