Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Plus neglected composers and amateur music groups. Show more
With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Carlo Maria Giulini - The London Years; Artist of the Week: Claudio Abbado; CD Review Building a Library recommendation: Bernstein: West Side Story. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Mendelssohn's connections with Britain, where he had great success as a conductor, pianist and composer. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the Brentano String Quartet in Shostakovich's Quartet No 11 and Beethoven's Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2. Show more
With Katie Derham. Grainger: Marching Song of Democracy. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 (with Marc-Andre Hamelin). Dvorak: Cello Concerto (Jian Wang). Shostakovich: Symphony No 10. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Live music from violinist Benjamin Beilman, tenor Giuseppe Filianoti with pianist Iain Burnside, plus conductor Sian Edwards and tenor Jonas Kaufmann. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Mendelssohn's connections with Britain, where he had great success as a conductor, pianist and composer. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Episode 1: BBC SSO - MacCunn, Chisholm, Spratt, MacMillan (part 1)
50 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from City Halls, Glasgow, BBC SSO/James MacMillan in a concert to mark Commonwealth Day. MacCunn: The Ship o' the Fiend. Chisholm: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Danny Driver). Show more
Romesh Gunesekera introduces and reads his story Renewals, set in Sri Lanka. A driver takes an important visitor to Jaffna Public Library and enters the building for the first time. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Episode 2: BBC SSO - MacCunn, Chisholm, Spratt, MacMillan (part 2)
2 hours, 5 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Conclusion of a concert for Commonwealth Day, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under James MacMillan. Alasdair Spratt: Obsess. MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. Show more
Dr Sue Onslow examines the history of the Commonwealth and its committees and forums. Have made a difference in world politics in the past and does the organisation have a future? Show more
Jez Nelson presents saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and his quartet Gamak playing at Ronnie Scott's. With Dave Fiuczynski (guitar), Francois Moutin (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums). Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes a concert given by the Croatian Radio-Televison Symphony Orchestra, featuring Latin American music and Strauss's Oboe Concerto. Show more
