Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Shostakovich: Symphony No 8; William Christie; Disc of the Week: Academy of Ancient Music: Birth of the Symphony - Handel to Haydn.
Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about his book on Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven. Show more
The ATOS Trio play Haydn's charmingly inventive Piano Trio in E flat and Dvorak's expressive Piano Trio in F minor at Wigmore Hall in London. Fiona Talkington presents. Show more
Pianist Kathryn Stott explores the colourful music of South America, introducing pieces by composers including Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Revueltas, Piazzolla and Gottschalk. Show more
Matthew Sweet introduces music from the new release Gravity, which features music by Steven Price, as well as scores created for other films about exploration and adventure. Show more
Alyn Shipton introduces a selection of listeners' requests, including a 100-year-old rag by Scott Joplin, as well as more recent compositions from Kairos 4Tet. Show more
Claire Martin previews the 2013 London Jazz Festival with Sebastian Scotney. Plus music performed by saxophonist Trish Clowes and her quartet at the Vortex jazz club in London. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Prichard Jones Hall in Bangor
Episode 1: BBC NOW - Dvorak, Tchaikovsky (part 1)
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Prichard Jones Hall, Bangor, Michael Francis conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, with soloist Daniel Muller-Schott. Show more
Discovering Music
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Stephen Johnson considers Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and how the composer brought together a lifetime of musical craftmanship to create his most most personal musical utterance. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Prichard Jones Hall in Bangor
Episode 2: BBC NOW - Dvorak, Tchaikovsky (part 2)
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Live from the Prichard Jones Hall, Bangor, Michael Francis conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique). Show more
Tom Service introduces a recording of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels, performed in the UK for the first time as part of the Rest is Noise festival at London's Southbank Centre. Show more
Geoffrey Smith explores the music of the great pianist Bill Evans, focusing on his work as a swinging interpreter of other composers including Cole Porter and Sonny Rollins. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes Stenhammar's String Quartets Nos 5 and 6 and Brahms's Piano Concerto, featuring soloist Ronald Brautigam. Show more
