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 Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works; Brainteaser; Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky; Vivaldi: Stabat Mater. Show more
Composer of the Week
Field and Chopin (1782-1837 and 1810-1849)
Episode 1: Field, Chopin and the Nocturne
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the origins of the nocturne. Includes Chopin: Mazurka No 1 in B flat, Op 7; Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa/1 (1817). Field: Nocturne No 1 in E flat, H24. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Louise Fryer presents a concert by the Emerson Quartet. Shostakovich: String Quartet No 14 in F sharp, Op 142. Britten: String Quartet No 3, Op 94. Show more
With Katie Derham. BBC Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D minor (with Vilde Frang). Gruber: Rough Music. Bruckner: Symphony No 6. Rachmaninov: The Rock. Show more
Suzy Klein presents live music and guests including soprano Danielle de Niese, conductor Ilan Volkov and cor anglais player Alison Teale. Show more
Composer of the Week
Field and Chopin (1782-1837 and 1810-1849)
Episode 1: Field, Chopin and the Nocturne
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores the origins of the nocturne. Includes Chopin: Mazurka No 1 in B flat, Op 7; Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa/1 (1817). Field: Nocturne No 1 in E flat, H24. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC Singers - Schoenberg, Brahms, Reger, Schumann, Rheinberger, Wolf, Strauss
2 hours, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Milton Court in London, BBC Singers under David Hill in German romantic choral music. With Schoenberg, Brahms, Reger, Schumann, Rheinberger, Wolf and Strauss. Show more
Sean Rafferty visits conductor and founder of The Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, to discuss music, life and culture. Show more
The Essay
Furniture - A Personal History of Movable Objects
Episode 1: 'Whereyouwanttogoto' - The Wardrobe and the Other World
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Writer Ian Sansom presents a personal perspective on the wardrobe. As well as being a place to store clothes, might it also store our secrets, our imaginations and our conscience? Show more
Jez Nelson presents a set performed by Australian trio The Necks at London's Cafe Oto. The line-up features Chris Abrahams (piano), Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Tony Buck (drums. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes pianist Alexander Romanovsky in a recital featuring music by Rameau, Brahms and Chopin. Show more
