Clemency Burton-Hill 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. CD of the Week: Verdi Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music; Classical Consequences; The Hagen Quartet; Shami Chakrabarti; Schubert: Symphony No 9 (Great). Show more
Composer of the Week
Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
Episode 5: Celebrations, Honours and a Glorious Homecoming
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod introduces music from the last years of Panufnik's life, leading up to his momentous visit to Poland in 1990 after nearly 40 years in exile. Show more
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) and Imogen Cooper (piano) perform Schubert's Einsamkeit. Plus the Simon Bolivar String Quartet playing Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 2. Show more
BBC NOW in Mathias: Invocation and Dance. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3. Smetana: Overture (The Bartered Bride). Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Plus BBC Singers in Tavener: Eonia. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conversation from soprano Rachel Nicholls, plus live music from the Manchester-based Solem Quartet, and Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra. Show more
Composer of the Week
Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
Episode 5: Celebrations, Honours and a Glorious Homecoming
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod introduces music from the last years of Panufnik's life, leading up to his momentous visit to Poland in 1990 after nearly 40 years in exile. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC Philharmonic - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 and 9
2 hours, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Victoria Hall, Hanley, BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena in Beethoven's Symphony No 4. They are joined by the CBSO Chorus and soloists for Beethoven's Symphony No 9. Show more
Ian McMillan is joined by comedian and former mayor of Reykjavik Jon Gnarr. Plus a series about instruction manuals, with technical writer Alison Peck on how to write a good guide. Show more
Stephen Johnson examines the reactions of the first audiences in Paris in 1910 to Stravinsky's first ballet score, The Firebird. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy introduces new music from around the world, plus a studio session with Aziza Brahim, a singer born in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes a programme of music performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly. Show more
