Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring music from World War I. The focus is on music from Russia. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Volodos plays Mompou; Brainteaser: Originally Written For; Historian Jay Winter; Rob's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings. Show more
Donald Macleod discovers how Ivor Gurney's early promise came to fruition and then unravelled, as Gurney struggled with the horrors of World War I and serious mental illness. Show more
Henning Kraggerud (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello) and Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) perform works from the year 1914, by Janacek, Joplin, Webern and Ravel. Show more
Katie Derham introduces Russian music. Myaskovsky: Symphony No 4 in E minor. Rachmaninov: Vespers. Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op 20 (soloist: Nicolai Demidenko). Show more
Suzy Klein is joined by cellist Mikhail Nemtsov, violinist Mari Poll and folk violinist Sam Sweeney. Show more
Donald Macleod discovers how Ivor Gurney's early promise came to fruition and then unravelled, as Gurney struggled with the horrors of World War I and serious mental illness. Show more
Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Puccini's opera Manon Lescaut, with Kristine Opolais as Manon, Jonas Kaufmann as des Grieux and Maurizio Muraro as Geronte de Ravoir. Show more
From Paul Nash paintings of blasted tree stumps to commemorative planting, Paul Gough, Gabriel Hemery and Gail Ritchie join Samira Ahmed to discuss woods in war and peacetime. Show more
Professor Ian Christie discusses Sergei Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin as a response to World War I. Show more
Nick Luscombe's varied selection includes a tribute to the late Bobby Womack and music for both world wars written by Charles Ives. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes a concert of music by Kurt Weill, with Anne Sofie von Otter and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by HK Gruber. Show more
