Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast Show, waking up the UK with the finest classical music. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs; Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor). Show more
Donald Macleod discusses Taneyev's various romantic entanglements, including with Leo Tolstoy's wife, which caused much jealousy. Show more
Michel Dalberto (piano) in Faure: Nocturnes: No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 74; No 6 in D flat, Op 63. Danish String Quartet in Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op 13. Show more
Katie Derham presents Lully's Phaeton conducted by Christophe Rousset at the Lausanne Bach Festival. Plus Chabrier, Poulenc and Strauss performed in Switzerland. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to conductor Thomas Sondergaard about Mahler, and a review of an exhibition about Handel's music for royal occasions, at the Foundling Museum in London. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses Taneyev's various romantic entanglements, including with Leo Tolstoy's wife, which caused much jealousy. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Royal Northern Sinfonia - Wigglesworth, Mozart, Berlioz, Ravel
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Ryan Wigglesworth leads the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Wigglesworth: First Book of Inventions. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9. Berlioz: Les Nuits d'ete. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin. Show more
An extended interview in which Philip Dodd is joined by novelist, screenwriter and dramatist Hanif Kureishi. He discusses subjects including immigration, sexuality and mortality. Show more
In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Professor James Montgomery focuses on the scholar Al-Biruni. Show more
Anne Hilde Neset presents an eclectic mix of music from the ancient to modern.
Jonathan Swain's selection includes the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Faure's suite Pelleas et Melisande and the Adagio from Mahler's Tenth Symphony. Show more
