Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Waltzes; Musical challenge; Vintage Proms 1915; Artists of the Week: the Monteverdi Choir, featured performing Brahms's Begrabnisgesang, Op 13. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how William Walton struggled to prove his place as Britain's pre-eminent composer as new rivals came to the fore. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Schwetzingen Festival 2015
Episode 3: Krassimira Stoyanova, Jendrik Springer
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) and Jendrik Springer (piano) perform songs Puccini, Berg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov at Rococo Theatre in Schwetzingen at the town's festival. Show more
A Prom featuring the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena. Schubert: Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic). Luke Bedford: Instability. Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, with guests including Rudolf Buchbinder ahead of his performance of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas at the Edinburgh Festival. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how William Walton struggled to prove his place as Britain's pre-eminent composer as new rivals came to the fore. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Turnage: On Opened Ground (with Lawrence Power: viola). Show more
In a discussion held at the Royal College of Music in London, musicologist Marina Frolova-Walker offers insights into Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy and the world of the composer. Show more
Conclusion of a Prom in which Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Gunther Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee. Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy. Show more
Sunday Feature
Enter the Dragon: Chinese Theatre in the 21st Century
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Rana Mitter travels to Beijing to explore the recent flourishing of theatre in China and its reinvention as an art form of youthful, urban 'cool'. Show more
In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Professor James Montgomery focuses on the scholar Al-Biruni. Show more
Professor Mona Siddiqui discusses religious thinker and mystic Al-Ghazali, who had a major influence on both Muslim and European philosophers. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents a special collaborative session from the 2015 Latitude Festival featuring Eska alongside Jesse and Louis Hackett. Plus music from Staff Benda Bilili. Show more
Catriona Young's selection of music includes the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Ravel, Gershwin and Dvorak. Show more
