Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. My Favourite Operatic Overtures; Music in Time: Haydn: String Quartet, Op 50 No 2; Artist of the Week: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Wolf: Italian Songbook (selection). Show more
Donald Macleod explains how Purcell tailored his music to a variety of styles, and paid tribute to his English predecessors even if it meant swimming against the cultural tide. Show more
The Gould Piano Trio in a concert from LSO St Luke's in London. Schumann: Novellettes, Op 21 Nos 3, 7 and 1. Korngold: Suite (Much Ado About Nothing). Beethoven: Piano Trio (Ghost). Show more
Katie Derham with music from the BBC Philharmonic. Mozart: Symphony No 39. Dvorak: Symphony No 8. HK Gruber: Zeitstimmung. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and guests, including a live performance from German-Japanese pianist Caterina Grewe as she releases her new recording of works by Schumann. Show more
Donald Macleod explains how Purcell tailored his music to a variety of styles, and paid tribute to his English predecessors even if it meant swimming against the cultural tide. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Rouse, Ravel, Dessner, Bernstein
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From the Barbican, BBC Symphony Orchestra under Joshua Weilerstein. Rouse: Rapture. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. Dessner: Quilting. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances (West Side Story). Show more
Rana Mitter is joined by Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves to explore the books which inspired Shakespeare from the Bible and classical stories to his contemporaries. Show more
The Essay
Shakespeare 400
Episode 2: Shakespeare 400: Undiscovered Countries - Shakespeare and the Nation
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Professor James Loxley explores what light Shakespeare's plays might throw on questions of national identity and the political debates that can grow up around them. Show more
Adventures in music, ancient to future: Nick Luscombe introduces a selection of new records from a recent trip to Estonia's capital, Tallinn. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance given at the 2015 BBC Proms of Bach's Goldberg Variations, featuring Andras Schiff. Show more
