Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and suggestions for the annual musical advent calendar. Show more
Essential Classics
Friday - 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; Musical challenge; Music in Time: Britten: A Boy Was Born; Nordic recordings: Stenhammar: Serenade in F, Op 31. Show more
Donald Macleod introduces Sibelius's most controversial political work, the March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, and what is maybe his greatest symphonic statement: Symphony No 5. Show more
Jamie MacDougall introduces the Ciurlionis Quartet playing Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet, plus a performance from Finnish harmonica ensemble Svang. Show more
Afternoon Concert
BBC Performing Groups Live
Episode 4: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Live from Hoddinott Hall
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales playing live. Ellington: Three Black Kings; Nutcracker Suite (after Tchaikovsky). Gershwin: Piano Concerto; Variations on I Got Rhythm. Show more
Suzy Klein presents a mix of music, chat and arts news live from the Royal Northern College of Music with guests including Sir John Tomlinson and Sir James MacMillan. Show more
Donald Macleod introduces Sibelius's most controversial political work, the March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, and what is maybe his greatest symphonic statement: Symphony No 5. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Hovhaness, Andrew Norman, Strauss
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Barbican, Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Hovhaness: Symphony No 2. Andrew Norman: Switch (Colin Currie: percussion). Strauss: An Alpine Symphony. Show more
For Northern Lights season, Ian McMillan celebrates the writing of the northernmost parts of the world. He is joined by anthropologist Stephen Pax Leonard and poet Jen Hadfield. Show more
Jason Mark visits Alaska's remote northern rim, and reflects on the impact of our lust for hydrocarbons. Whilst the ice melts, we search for oil in these northern parts. Show more
Canadian inuit singer Tanya Tagaq's soundtrack to the classic 1922 silent movie Nanook of the North, with the original movie streamed live on the Radio 3 website. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert given by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under conductor Thomas Dausgaard, with Isabelle Faust as the soloist in Berg's Violin Concerto. Show more
