Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and a musical advent calendar. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words; Arvo Part: Fratres; Artist of the Week: David Willcocks, featured conducting Purcell's My Heart is Inditing. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on CPE's final years, introducing some of his last compositions. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Chopin, Liszt and Bartok at LSO St Luke's
Episode 4: Maria Joao Pires, Ashot Khachatourian
58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Ashot Khachatourian (piano) in Liszt: Vallee d'Obermann; Gnomenreigen. Maria Joao Pires (piano) in Chopin: 3 Nocturnes, Op 9; 2 Nocturnes Op 27. Both play Bartok: Portrait, Op 5. Show more
Presented by Verity Sharp. The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra performs music including Copland's Appalachian Spring suite and MacMillan's Britannia, plus Bernstein and Brahms. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by guests including violinist Charlie Siem, saxophonist and tenor Hakon Kornstad, GB athlete Will Sharman and journalist and presenter Cathy Newman. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on CPE's final years, introducing some of his last compositions. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Philharmonic - Dvorak, Ades, Britten, Brahms
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena. Dvorak: Carnival Overture. Ades: America - A Prophecy. Britten: Violin Concerto. Brahms: Symphony No 3. Show more
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, with guests including Julian Barnes, Marry Waterson, short story writer Carys Davies and Frank McCabe with a new Verb drama. Show more
Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to the 5-line poem 'November Night'. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents Polish band Muzykanci performing with Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man. Plus the 2015 fRoots Critics Poll, the World Music Archive and BBC Introducing. Show more
John Shea presents music, including the the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony and the Warsaw Philharmonic in Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony. Show more