Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Advent Calendar requested by listeners and the Specialist Classical Chart with Stephen Hough. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Essential CD of the Week: Glinka - Overtures and Dances; Artist of the Week: Maria Joao Pires; Playwright Howard Brenton; Sarah's Essential Choice: Maria Callas. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Mascagni's sensational overnight rise to fame with the premiere of his opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Show more
The Hebrides Ensemble at the 2013 St Magnus Festival. Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. Schubert: String Trio, D471. Maxwell Davies: Oboe Quartet. Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic plays in MediaCity, Salford. Bernstein: Candide Overture. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3. Plus Weber, Strauss, Elgar. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. Plus live music from La Serenissima and pianist Rolf Hind, and conductor Mark Elder discussing Offenbach. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Mascagni's sensational overnight rise to fame with the premiere of his opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Mark Padmore, James Baillieu, Heath Quartet - Tippett
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Mark Padmore (tenor), James Baillieu (piano) and the Heath Quartet perform Tippett at Wigmore Hall in London. String Quartets Nos 1 and 3; Boyhood's End; The Heart's Assurance. Show more
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a review of Michael Grandage's production of Henry V, starring Jude Law, a debate on governing the sea and a film musical of Black Nativity. Show more
In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Iraqi-born scientist Jim Al-Khalili explores the legacy of mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents music from Brazilian singer Adriana Calcanhotto, symphonic 70s rock from Deep Purple and Welsh medieval harp music performed by Bill Taylor. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes Handel from Le Concert Spirituel and director Herve Niquet performed at the 2012 BBC Proms and the 2012 De Singel Festival in Antwerp. Show more
