Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Carol Competition, the Best of British Playlist and suggestions for the musical Advent Calendar. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Folk Dances; Artist of the Week: Hilliard Ensemble; Rob's Essential Choice: Bruckner: Symphony No 7. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Previn's early years in pre-war Berlin and his first experiences as a Hollywood film composer. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wigmore Hall Mondays: Badke Quartet with Maximiliano Martin
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Badke String Quartet and Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) live from the Wigmore Hall in London. Haydn: String Quartet in B flat, Op 1 No 1 (La Chasse). Brahms: Clarinet Quintet. Show more
A live concert by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Holmboe: Symphony No 13. Dudley: Northern Lights. Nielsen: Saul and David (excerpt). Plus Sibelius, Berwald, McCabe and Grieg. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music from Tenebrae, The Clerks and Mihai Ritivoiu. Plus Alison Balsom's Christmas Cracker and an entry for Radio 3's Breakfast Christmas Carol Competition. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Previn's early years in pre-war Berlin and his first experiences as a Hollywood film composer. Show more
Vocal ensemble Vox Luminis performs late Renaissance and early Baroque music celebrating the birth of Christ at the Temple Church in London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Show more
Free Thinking
Wim Wenders on Peace, Richard King on Taking Offence
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Film director Wim Wenders and philosopher Mary Zournazi discuss the need for a new language of peace. Richard King debates the politics of taking offence. Presented by Philip Dodd. Show more
Writer Frederic Raphael portrays wartime Britain, of class-conscious peculiarities, but seen through the eyes of a young American boy used to waffles, zips and Buicks. Show more
Jez Nelson presents a celebration of 75 years of Blue Note, one of jazz's most famous record labels, with a band featuring pianist Robert Glasper and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes highlight performances given by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the early 1990s, with music by Wagner, Zemlinsky and Elgar. Show more
