Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Operatic Overtures; Bach: Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut; Artist of the Week: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, featured in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Show more
Donald Macleod traces Purcell's own journeys through the political highways and byways of his day, including the infamous Rye House Plot, which culminated in a gruesome execution. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Shakespeare 400 at LSO St Luke's
Episode 2: Iestyn Davies and Elizabeth Kenny
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
In concert at LSO St Luke's in London, countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform songs by Robert Johnson, Dowland, Purcell, Greene, Morley, Weldon and others. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic live from Salford. Sibelius: Prelude (The Tempest). Reger: Hymnus der Liebe. Ives: The Unanswered Question. Antheil: Symphony No 4. Plus William Schuman. Show more
From the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and conversation. With guests including composer Max Richter, conductors Sir Mark Elder and Robert Hollingworth and pianist Anna Markland. Show more
Donald Macleod traces Purcell's own journeys through the political highways and byways of his day, including the infamous Rye House Plot, which culminated in a gruesome execution. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic plays music inspired by Shakespeare. With five new works by young composers, each inspired by a Shakespeare sonnet, plus part of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Show more
Free Thinking
Sounds of Shakespeare: Landmark - The Winter's Tale
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet discusses Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale with actor Samuel West and scholars Michael Dobson and Carol Rutter. Recorded in Stratford-upon Avon. Show more
The Essay
Shakespeare 400
Episode 3: Shakespeare 400: Wolf All? - Shakespeare and Food in Renaissance England
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Academic Joan Fitzpatrick explains her new research on what people ate in Shakepeare's England, discussing what food and its consumption signifies in his plays. Show more
Adventures in music, ancient to future: Nick Luscombe is joined by Derek Walmsley, editor of The Wire magazine. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a concert of baroque music reflecting Greek legends given at the 2014 BBC Proms, featuring Armonia Atenea in Handel, Gluck, Lully and Hasse. Show more
