Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With Mahler, Bach and Shostakovich in the chart and celebration of the day Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream was published and Kathleen Ferrier. Show more
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Viva Verdi: Overtures and Preludes; Artist of the Week: Andrew Davis; Astronomer Carolin Crawford; Essential Choice: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Verdi's activities in the 1860s, in the build-up to writing Aida. These included politics, a mid-life crisis and possibly a love affair. Show more
The Minguet Quartet in a concert given at Perth Concert Hall. Faure: String Quartet, Op 121. Debussy: String Quartet. Show more
Music by Verdi and contemporaries. Verdi: 4 Pezzi sacri. Verdi: Macbeth (Act 3, Sc 1 ballet music). Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. Verdi, orch Berio: 8 Romances. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, who talks about his upcoming production of Verdi's Les Vepres siciliennes. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Verdi's activities in the 1860s, in the build-up to writing Aida. These included politics, a mid-life crisis and possibly a love affair. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Daniil Trifonov at Edinburgh International Festival 2012
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov's 2012 debut concert at Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. He performs music by Scriabin, Medner and Stravinsky, as well as Chopin's Etudes, Op 25. Show more
Night Waves
Hans Kung, Masters of Sex, Roots, Wendy Lower
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy discusses the Donmar Warehouse's new production of Roots, the second play in the 'Wesker Trilogy' exploring domestic lives of working class rural Norfolk. Show more
In an audio version of the childhood game Consequences, Tim Hinman narrates a monologue about a man who wants to shut out the noise pollution around him. Show more
Max Reinhardt's selection includes New York musician Arthur Russell, a re-working of Fela Kuti's Sorrow Tears and Blood, and a recording by improvising drummer John Stevens. Show more
John Shea presents a performance of Verdi's Falstaff from the archives of Netherlands Radio, featuring conductor Carlo Maria Giulini. Part of Verdi 200. Show more
