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. Including CD of the Week: Carlo Maria Giulini - The London Years; Artist of the Week: Claudio Abbado; Rob's Essential Choice: Rameau: Les Boreades (excerpts). Show more
Donald Macleod explores the musical fruits of Mendelssohn's travels, from meeting Goethe to the vivid impressions he collected in Italy. Show more
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen in Grieg: Andante con moto. Olli Mustonen (piano) in Prokofiev: Children's Album. Christian Poltera, Christian Ihle Hadland in Grieg: Cello Sonata. Show more
Katie Derham presents a performance given in Munich's Prinzregententheater of Strauss's one-act opera Feuersnot. With Markus Eiche (baritone) and Simone Schneider (soprano). Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include Julie Andrews, conductor Thomas Sondergard, jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein and performers from My Dearest Hedgehog, including soprano Gillian Keith. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the musical fruits of Mendelssohn's travels, from meeting Goethe to the vivid impressions he collected in Italy. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios
Episode 1: BBC SO - Sculthorpe, Leek, Wallen, Elgar (part 1)
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
BBC SO under Nicholas Collon and BBC Singers under Tim Murray. Peter Sculthorpe: From Oceania. Stephen Leek: Two movements (Great Southern Spirits). Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River. Show more
Kei Miller's short story Blood on the Door, in which a woman in a Jamaican slum stands her ground against an approaching hurricane in the belief her faith will keep her family safe. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios
Episode 2: BBC SO - Sculthorpe, Leek, Wallen, Elgar (part 2)
1 hour, 25 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Live from BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, the conclusion of a concert celebrating the Commonwealth, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Nicholas Collon in Elgar's Symphony No 1. Show more
American authors Jonathan Lethem and Gary Shteyngart discuss radicalism, belonging and why being American is no longer enough. Show more
Bangladeshi writer Farah Ghuznavi saw Commonwealth as an irrelevance in her early life. Here she explains what changed her mind. Show more
Anne Hilde Neset's varied musical selection includes vocoded songs, Tallin singer Maria Minerva and new tracks from the 28-strong Fire! Orchestra. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Including Nicholas Angelich and Francois-Frederic Guy performing a Brahms piano concerto each with Sinfonia Varsovia and Jacek Kaspszyk. Show more
