Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. My Favourite Operatic Overtures; Music in Time: Turnage and Arnold; Artist of the Week: baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, featured in Brahms's Four Serious Songs. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses a colourful selection of singers, actors, instrumentalists and supporters who all contributed in some way to Purcell's success and reputation. Show more
From LSO St Luke's David Hill conducts the BBC Singers in music with Shakespearean connections, including Kodaly, Swayne, Wood, Mantyjarvi, Cecilia McDowall and Vaughan Williams. Show more
As part of Radio 3's Shakespeare season, Katie Derham presents a concert performance given in Barcelona of Rossini's rarely heard opera Otello. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents, with mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier, plus live music from trumpeter John Wallace, Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes and American guitarist Dennis Cahill. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses a colourful selection of singers, actors, instrumentalists and supporters who all contributed in some way to Purcell's success and reputation. Show more
Ilan Volkov conducts the CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Debussy orch Abrahamsen: Children's Corner. Hans Abrahamsen: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Mahler: Symphony No 4. Show more
Free Thinking
TE Lawrence on stage, Jeremy Thorpe, Privacy
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Playwright Howard Brenton and director Adrian Noble join Philip Dodd to discuss stage plays about the life of TE Lawrence. Plus John Preston discussing MP Jeremy Thorpe's downfall. Show more
The Essay
Shakespeare 400
Episode 4: Shakespeare 400: Freedom of Speech or 'Nothing' - King Lear and Contemporary India
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Preti Taneja considers Shakespeare's King Lear as a lens through which to view the contradictions of India today, including in areas of freedom of speech, development and activism. Show more
Adventures in music, ancient to future: Nick Luscombe introduces special collaborative session, as Japanese duo Group A pair with improvising pianist Steve Beresford. Show more
Through the Night
Strauss and Prokofiev from the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Strauss and Prokofiev with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Pietari Inkinen. Show more
