Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the music of St Mark's, Venice; Pianist Murray Perahia, featured in Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Show more
Donald Macleod describes why, despite Carmichael's success with his first recordings, he was still uncertain about abandoning his legal career for music. Show more
Michael Collins (clarinet) and friends play at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata. Glinka: Trio Pathetique. Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind. Show more
Penny Gore presents the Ulster Orchestra performing music by Grainger, Alfred Hill, Alberto Nepomuceno, Claudio Santoro, Peter Sculthorpe, Andrew Schultz and Graeme Koehne. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and guests from the arts world. With live performances in the studio including Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi and Trio con Brio Copenhagen. Show more
Donald Macleod describes why, despite Carmichael's success with his first recordings, he was still uncertain about abandoning his legal career for music. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
English Chamber Orchestra - Mozart, Tchaikovsky
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from Bath, the English Chamber Orchestra under Stephanie Gonley. Mozart: Symphony No 21, K134; Clarinet Concerto (soloist: Paul Meyer). Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings. Show more
Rana Mitter chairs a debate about the best ways of developing scientific breakthroughs. With Carlos Frenk, Jim al-Khalili, lecturer Katy Price and Tom Shakespeare. Show more
Free Thinking
2015 Festival
The Free Thinking Essay
Part 7: New Generation Thinkers: Inside a Pirate's Cookbook - A Culinary Journey through the 17th Century
15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Joe Moshenska explores the travels of Sir Kenelm Digby, a member of Charles I's privy council as well as a philosopher, diplomat, privateer and collector of recipes. Show more
Verity Sharp's selection includes Bush Gothic retelling Australia's dark history, Folke Grasbeck playing Sibelius's own piano and harpist Triona Marshall duetting with friends. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a Norwegian performance of Ravel's one-act opera L'heure espagnole. Show more