For Radio 3's Music in the Great War season, Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show and introduces music from countries which were major participants in WWI. Show more
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Elgar: Piano Music; Brainteaser: Listeners' Puzzle; Music and literature scholar Kate Kennedy; Sarah's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Symphony No 3. Show more
Composer of the Week
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Episode 5: Armistice Declared, But No Celebration for Elgar
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod on the effect of the Armistice in Great Britain in 1918 and how Elgar's life was permanently changed. Show more
Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) in Bax: Clarinet Sonata in D and Bartok: Contrasts, with Giovanni Guzzo (violin). Plus Cuarteto Casals in Ligeti: String Quartet. Show more
Penny Gore with music by composers associated with WWI. Schulhoff: 5 Grotesques. Kodaly: String Quartet No 2. Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5. Finzi: Dies natalis. Piano Concerto No 1. Show more
In Tune
Steven Osborne, New York Polyphony, Iain Burnside, Stephanie Cole
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With pianist Steven Osborne, New York Polyphony, pianist Iain Burnside and actor Stephanie Cole. Show more
Composer of the Week
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Episode 5: Armistice Declared, But No Celebration for Elgar
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod on the effect of the Armistice in Great Britain in 1918 and how Elgar's life was permanently changed. Show more
At 2014's Gregynog Festival, Jac van Steen leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a concert commemorating two world wars and exploring the plight of Belgian refugees in Wales. Show more
Ian McMillan's guests include singer Julian Cope, who discusses his first novel. Plus Maggie Gee on Virginia Woolf and singer Ruth Keggin on Manx Gaelic and music. Show more
Academic Michal Shapira discusses Sigmund Freud's Thoughts for the Times on War and Death, a text written in Vienna in 1915 expressing dismay at how World War I was progressing. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents new music, a live studio session from Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin and Part 21 of Commonwealth Connections, which features music from Singapore and Tuvalu. Show more
John Shea's selection includes a programme of music by Arvo Part with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Show more
