Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Includes Essential CD of the Week: Grieg - Complete Music with Orchestra; Artists of the Week: the Labeque sisters; Essential Choice: Mozart: Mass in C minor. Show more
Donald Macleod considers the different ways Chaminade and Holmes exploited celebrity status, as they profited from the political uncertainties and the dawning of the Third Republic. Show more
Featuring Kitty Whateley (mezzo) performing music by Bach and Handel, Christian Ihle Handland (piano) in Mozart and Handel, and Ruby Hughes (soprano) in Schubert. Show more
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Verdi's first opera, Oberto. With tenor Carlo Bergonzi as Riccardo and mezzo Ruza Baldani as Cuniza. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents live music from celebrated pianist Alice Sara Ott, plus rising British vocal ensemble the Marian Consort. Show more
Donald Macleod considers the different ways Chaminade and Holmes exploited celebrity status, as they profited from the political uncertainties and the dawning of the Third Republic. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London
Episode 1: Philharmonia - Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky (part 1)
35 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra. Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods; Violin Concerto (with soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja). Show more
Stephen Johnson charts how Tchaikovsky put the poetry of Byron into his only programmatic symphony, Manfred. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London
Episode 2: Philharmonia - Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky (part 2)
1 hour, 35 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London, Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, a work based on a poem by Byron. Show more
Night Waves
Eric Schlosser, Richard II, Basil Bunting, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy reviews David Tennant in Richard II, discusses nuclear security with Eric Schlosser, the rhythms of Old English and the poetry of Basil Bunting. Show more
Dublin-born actress Nuala Hayes explores common elements among the shirt factories and storytellers in Derry-Londonderry, the inaugural UK City of Culture 2013. Show more
Max Reinhardt's varied selection of music features Laura Gibson and Sharron Kraus, Arun Ghosh, Luiz Gabriel Lopes and Yeah Saint Paul plus the Fuxa version of Stand by Me. Show more
Presented by John Shea. Early music specialists Currende perform choral music from a collection held in St Rombout's Cathedral, Mechelen, Belgium. Show more
