Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Autograph by pianist Alexandre Tharaud; Artist of the Week: Henryk Szeryng; Rob's Essential Choice: Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ). Show more
Donald Macleod explores Lully's collaboration with a new librettist: Thomas Corneille. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich
Episode 3: LSO St Luke's (Bach, Britten, Shostakovich): Alban Gerhardt
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Katie Derham presents Alban Gerhardt in a solo cello recital. Britten: Suite No 1, Op 72. Bach: Suite No 6 in D, BWV1012. Show more
Penny Gore presents a classic recording of Ernani, the opera which put a 30-year-old Verdi on the international operatic map when it was first staged at Venice's La Fenice in 1844. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents live music from players from the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and pianist Sebastian Knauer. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Lully's collaboration with a new librettist: Thomas Corneille. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from City Halls in Glasgow
Episode 1: BBC SSO - Schnelzer, Rachmaninov, Nielsen (part 1)
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
A concert in which Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Schnelzer: A Freak in Burbank. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Denis Kozhukhin). Show more
Stephen Johnson explores the structure of Nielsen's Fourth Symphony, also known as The Inextinguishable and written during the First World War. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from City Halls in Glasgow
Episode 2: BBC SSO - Schnelzer, Rachmaninov, Nielsen (part 2)
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Live from City Halls in Glasgow, Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Nielsen's optimistic Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable). Show more
Matthew Sweet examines the place of reading in a digital age. Do we still believe that there is such a thing as a common reader? Show more
Author and broadcaster Michael Goldfarb looks back at the personal and political disruption the 1973 Opec oil embargo caused in America and Britain. Show more
Fiona Talkington's selection includes a session with Appalachian old-time band Black Twig Pickers, recording for the first time with Newcastle avant-folk singer Richard Dawson. Show more
Catriona Young introduces a performance of Schoenberg's epic Gurrelieder conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Show more
