Victoria Meakin presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
James Jolly's selection of music continues a theme of British concert overtures. A cycle of Bartok's piano music reaches the Sonata, SZ80. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is agony aunt, novelist and comedian Virginia Ironside. Her choices include Schubert, Strauss, Paul McCartney and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Show more
BBC Proms
2015
Proms Chamber Music
Part 4: Proms Chamber Music 4: Abe, Glennie and Sheppard, Wee and Psathas
58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from Cadogan Hall in London, percussionist Evelyn Glennie and pianist Philip Smith perform their own composition as well as music by Keiko Abe, Betram Wee and John Psathas. Show more
Viola player Lise Berthaud is joined by pianist Francois Pinel to perform Schubert's Sonata in A minor, D821 (Arpeggione). Show more
Live from Cheltenham College Chapel with the fourth Eton Choral Course of 2015. Show more
Part of a special Prom celebrating Sherlock Holmes, with Stile Antico and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Includes music by Hans Zimmer, Lassus, Patrick Gowers, Rossini and Tchaikovsky. Show more
Gordon Kennedy reads from Arthur Conan Doyle's autobiography, in which he looks back at his career as a writer and reflects on the methods and reputation of Sherlock Holmes. Show more
Conclusion of a special Prom celebrating Sherlock Holmes. With works by Paganini, Lassus and Wagner, which Arthur Conan Doyle says Holmes loved, plus music from the BBC TV series. Show more
Pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Zhang Zuo performs Liszt's virtuosic Piano Sonata in B minor, S178, in a recording made specially for Radio 3. Show more
A sequence of poetry, prose and music associated with places on the way from Land's End to John O'Groats. With readings by Claudie Blakley and Greg Wise. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C; Violin Concerto in D minor (soloist: Julian Rachlin). Show more
Kate Clanchy reflects on the importance of the summer house to people in Scandinavia and Russia, including artists such as Grieg, Sibelius, Nabokov and Tove Jansson. Show more
Conclusion of a Prom in which Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Michael Finnissy: Janne (world premiere). Sibelius: Symphony No 4 in A minor. Show more
Composer Michael Finnissy, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses the world premiere of Janne and introduces performances of his chamber works. Show more
New Generation Artists
Mark Simpson, Danish String Quartet, Benjamin Grosvenor
1 hour, 15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Current and former Radio 3 New Generation Artists feature in music by Brahms, Grunfeld, Gershwin and Bernstein. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents music including Monteverdi's Vespers, plus Bruckner, Telemann, Dvorak, Hummel, Lutoslawski, Bartok, Wikander, Schreker, Forster, Kunzen and Grieg. Show more