Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and suggestions for the annual musical advent calendar. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Scandinavian Strings; Music in Time: Mozart: Sonata No 16 in C; Northern Lights season: Nielsen: Wind Quintet. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the influence of Iceland's sagas on its music, before exploring the contemporary music scene with Valgeir Sigurdsson, a leading producer and composer. Show more
Mezzo-soprano Katarina Karneus, baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and pianist Matti Hirvonen perform songs by Nordic composers including Grieg, Nystrom and Rangstrom. Show more
Verity Sharp presents a performance of Aulis Sallinen's opera The King Goes Forth to France. With baritone Tommi Hakala and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Okku Kaamu. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and guests from the arts world, including live performances from soprano Miah Persson and and Onyx Brass. Plus the feature Tales from the North. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the influence of Iceland's sagas on its music, before exploring the contemporary music scene with Valgeir Sigurdsson, a leading producer and composer. Show more
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and pianist Llyr Williams, directed from the violin by Alexander Janicek, perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3, plus works by CPE Bach and Mozart. Show more
Free Thinking
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ruth Scurr on John Aubrey, Beowulf
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Ruth Scurr discusses John Aubrey, and Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hampton and Adjoa Andoh about Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Plus Star Wars and a TV version of Beowulf. Show more
The Essay
Art in a Cold Climate
Episode 4: Art in a Cold Climate: Ray Hudson on Touching Fire by Carolyn Reed
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Ray Hudson on how Carolyn Reed's Touching Fire shows Alaskans caught between the fire and the sea, between the state's beauty and the race to exploit its material wealth. Show more
Verity Sharp's varied selection includes music from guitarist Ben Chasny, aka Six Organs of Admittance, Laurie Anderson and Gloria Coates. Show more
Through the Night
Proms 2014: Berlioz, Elgar, Helen Grime and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Catriona Young presents a concert given at the 2014 BBC Proms by the Halle under Mark Elder. Alice Coote is the soloist in Elgar's Sea Pictures. Show more
