Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with carols from the BBC Singers and listeners' requests in the Advent Calendar of seasonal music. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again; brainteaser: Who's Dancing? Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope; Astrologer Russell Grant; Wagner: Parsifal. Show more
Composer of the Week
70th Anniversary Special: Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Episode 1: Composer, Performer, Scholar
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod examines the context of Louise Farrenc's life. A skilled keyboard player, she also was a talented a composer for multiple combinations of instruments. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a piano recital by Francesco Piemontesi. Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat, D960. Debussy: Preludes: Book 1 (selection). Show more
Katie Derham presents choral and vocal-orchestral music featuring the BBC's orchestras and choirs. With works by Stanford, Bantock, Bax, Reger, Mahler and Strauss. Show more
Sean Rafferty with Michael Tilson Thomas, the Rodolfus Choir and John Butt. Plus Will Gompertz's In Tune Christmas Card, exploring famous seasonal artworks: Van Gogh. Show more
Composer of the Week
70th Anniversary Special: Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Episode 1: Composer, Performer, Scholar
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod examines the context of Louise Farrenc's life. A skilled keyboard player, she also was a talented a composer for multiple combinations of instruments. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Temple Winter Festival
Episode 1: Mark Simpson, Heath Quartet - Suk, Arensky, Mozart
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Mark Simpson (clarinet) and the Heath Quartet perform at the Temple Church in London. With music by Alwyn, Stravinsky, Arensky, Suk and Mozart. Show more
Night Waves
Peter O'Toole Appreciation, Genetics and Education, Japan at Christmas, Dragons
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
To coincide with the opening of the second part of film director Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, Matthew Sweet explores 'slaying the dragon', from Beowulf to Smaug. Show more
Technology journalist Rupert Goodwins reflects on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life. Show more
The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and pianist Marilyn Crispell in a new work with six short movements and varied motifs and techniques. Plus an archive interview with Stan Tracey. Show more
From the BBC Proms 2012, the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski perform Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, plus Alice Coote in Mahler. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
