Ian Skelly 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 Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Elizabethan Consort Music; Brainteaser; Artist of the Week: Vladimir Ashkenazy; Sarah's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 5 in F. Show more
Donald Macleod considers Locatelli the violinist seen through the eyes of his contemporaries and also the conflicting attitudes in England and France to his music. Show more
The Apollon Musagete Quartet in a performance given at Perth Concert Hall. Haydn: Quartet in D, Op 71 No 2. Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 (Rasumovsky). Show more
A performance given in Cracow at the 2013 Misteria Paschalia Festival of Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo. With soprano Roberta Mameli and Venexiana conducted by Claudio Cavina. Show more
Presented by Suzy Klein. With percussionist Colin Currie playing live and conductor Mariss Jansons talking about his Concertgebouw residency at London's Barbican. Show more
Donald Macleod considers Locatelli the violinist seen through the eyes of his contemporaries and also the conflicting attitudes in England and France to his music. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Ravel, Puccini, Respighi
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko. Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Piano Concerto in G (soloist: Kirill Gerstein). Puccini: Capriccio Sinfonico. Respighi: The Pines of Rome. Show more
Anne McElvoy explores the impact of war, Afghan elections and childhood violence. She is joined by Professor Hew Strachan and Ian Morris, author of War, What is it Good For? Show more
Writer Kirsty Gunn observes the onset of spring as she walks in Sutherland. Show more
Mara Carlyle presents husband-and-wife collaborations and also focuses on false relation harmony. Plus music from Trudie Dawn Smith, Robbie Basho and Wanderley Monteiro. Mara1 Show more
John Shea's selection includes the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra with Patrick Gallois and Yavor Zhelev performing Franz Doppler's Concerto for two flutes. Show more