Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Grieg Lyric Pieces; Musical challenge: Mapping the Music; Artists of the Week: Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI; Verdi: Macbeth. Show more
Composer of the Week
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Episode 1: Studies, Skating and Drowning in Pleasure
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Scriabin's years as a student, his first love aged just 15 and the beginnings of his association with timber magnate Mitrofan Belaieff, who helped launch his musical career. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, a viola recital by Antoine Tamestit. Bach: Cello Suites: No 1 in G, BWV1007; No 3 in C, BWV1009. Neuwirth: Weariness heals wounds (UK premiere). Show more
Presented by Penny Gore. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres- midi d'un faune; Gigues. Pierne: Prelude (Cathedrals). Casella: Symphony No 1. Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 5. Show more
Presented by Suzy Klein. Including live performances in the studio from young violinist Benjamin Baker and classical recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf. Show more
Composer of the Week
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Episode 1: Studies, Skating and Drowning in Pleasure
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Scriabin's years as a student, his first love aged just 15 and the beginnings of his association with timber magnate Mitrofan Belaieff, who helped launch his musical career. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Wigmore Hall: Garrick Ohlsson performs Scriabin
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, Garrick Ohlsson performs piano music by Scriabin. With Prelude No 15 in D flat, Prelude, Op 59, and Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 8, 9, 3 and 10. Show more
Free Thinking
Lenny Henry in Conversation at Birmingham Rep
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
In a discussion held in front of an audience at Birmingham Rep, actor and comedian Lenny Henry talks to Matthew Sweet about his career and campaign for minority representation. Show more
Simon Callow, Orson Welles's biographer, tracks his transformation from schoolboy to prodigy and explains what happened during the six months Welles spent at Dublin's Gate Theatre. Show more
Jez Nelson previews the 2015 International Jazz Day with a performance from Wayne Horvitz's European Orchestra plus an exclusive from American trombonist Robin Eubanks. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Edward Gardner performing Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Lutoslawski at the 2014 Proms. Show more
