Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British Music Playlist, listener requests, works by neglected composers and wake-up calls. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Victoria de los Angeles - The Sweetheart Soprano; Brainteaser; Proms Artist of the Week: Ivan Fischer; Author Victoria Glendinning. Show more
Edinburgh International Festival
2014 Queen's Hall Series
Episode 12: Scottish Ensemble and the Commonwealth Strings
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
The Scottish Ensemble and Commonwealth Strings perform music by Elgar, Sculthorpe, Vaughan Williams, Farr and Tippett at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Show more
From Dublin, Renaud Capucon (violin), Michel Dalberto (piano) in Faure: Violin Sonata No 1 in A, Op 13. Plus from Belfast, the Danish Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet, Op 20 No 5. Show more
With a Prom featuring the BBC SSO. Rameau: Suite (Les Indes galantes). Bernard Rands: Piano Concerto (soloist: Jonathan Biss). Mozart: Symphony No 1. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben. Show more
Sean Rafferty with music, conversation and arts news. Including pianist Florian Uhlig, who plays music by Ravel, and sheng player Wu Wei ahead of a performance at the 2014 Proms. Show more
Donald Macleod on Tchaikovsky's activities after he had begun to establish a reputation as one of Moscow's leading figures, including writing the first Russian string quartet. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a performance of Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F. Show more
Ian Skelly is joined by Laura Tunbridge and Nicholas Baragwanath to examine Brahms's place in the great tradition of German composers and discuss how he learnt his trade. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, an all-Brahms Prom concludes with a performance of Symphony No 4 in E minor. Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Show more
Professor Andrew Hussey celebrates the controversial life and work of French writer and philosopher Albert Camus. With archive readings and contributions from a variety of writers. Show more
Free Thinking
2013 Festival
Free Thinking Essay
Part 3: False Conception: Female Sexuality in Victorian England
15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
New Generation Thinker Fern Riddell discusses the case of women's rights activist Annie Besant and what this tells us about Victorian attitudes to sex and women's responsibility. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir under John Eliot Gardiner in a performance of Beethoven's Missa solemnis. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents a varied selection of music. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes a performance of Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, featuring Sara Mingardo and Roberta Invernizzi with Il Giardino Armonico. Show more