As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Petroc Trelawny presents a live edition from Tromso in Norway, featuring requests and suggestions for the musical advent calendar. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with guest Eddie Izzard
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Nordic Song; Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard; Music in Time: Paganini: 24 Caprices; Nordic recordings: Grieg: Piano Concerto. Show more
Donald Macleod explains how Sibelius became caught up in the Finnish national fervour of the early years of the 20th century. Show more
Jamie MacDougall presents music from the Engegard Quartet and Christian Ihle Hadland (piano). Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4. Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op 44. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic in a live concert from Salford. Sibelius: Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari. Saariaho: L'Aile du songe. Rautavaara: Symphony No 7. Show more
From Gloucester Cathedral. Show more
Suzy Klein presents live music from The Cardinall's Musick and singer Claire Martin. Plus a special feature 'Tales from the North' as part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season. Show more
Donald Macleod explains how Sibelius became caught up in the Finnish national fervour of the early years of the 20th century. Show more
Live from Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, the English Concert under director Harry Bicket performs retellings of the Christmas story by Dandrieu, Charpentier and Stradella. Show more
Free Thinking
Northern Lights: Crime Fiction and Cold Settings
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Margaret Atwood, Arnaldur Indriadason and MJ McGrath discuss crime fiction and cold. Plus a discussion reflecting on 100 years since Freud's seminal paper The Unconscious. Show more
Geologist and climatologist Gina Moseley describes leading a team of cavers into an unknown system of limestone caverns in northern Greenland. Show more
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Fiona Talkington introduces recordings of Siberian music, plus Jan Garbarek and Svang. Show more
Catriona Young introduces a performance by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Henryk Gorecki's Canticum Graduum and Symphony No 3. Show more
