Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Tangos; Music in Time: Messiaen: Liturgie de cristal; Manfred Honeck conducts Bruckner's Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic). Show more
Donald Macleod recounts how Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio. Show more
Viol consort Fretwork performs at LSO St Luke's in London. Gibbons: Pavan and Galliard; Fantasies Nos 1 and 2; Go from my window. Plus music by Lawes, Hume and Purcell. Show more
Katie Derham introduces a performance given at the National Opera House in Wexford of Herold's 1832 three-act opera Le Pre aux Clercs. Show more
With Sean Rafferty. The Arcadia String Quartet plays Haydn and Beethoven, soprano Ermonela Jaho discusses Leoncavallo's opera Zaza and cellist Zuill Bailey performs Rachmaninov. Show more
Donald Macleod recounts how Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Mozart, Mendelssohn
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and violin soloist/director Julian Rachlin. Mozart: Overture (The Marriage of Figaro); Symphony No 35. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 4. Show more
Rana Mitter chairs a discussion about attitues to rules. With actress and author Sheila Hancock, journalist Bim Adewunmi, director Neil Bartlett and headteacher Jonny Mitchell. Show more
Parisian magazine editor Andrew Gallix reflects on what Barthes meant by 'the death of the author'. Show more
Nick Luscombe's varied selection includes a collaborative session from Zanzibari oud player Matona with Irish harpist Aine O'Dwyer. Plus tracks by Huw M, Teeth of the Sea and Bach. Show more
John Shea presents a concert of early and contemporary choral music from the Swedish Radio Chorus. Show more
