Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with Alistair McGowan
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
With Sarah Walker. My Favourite Vivaldi Concertos; Music in Time: the partsong Sumer is icumen in; Artist of the Week: Sarah Connolly, featured in Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Brahms's collaboration with the court of Saxe-Meiningen's musical director, Hans von Bulow. With Nanie, String Quintet No 1 (1st mvt) and Gesang der Parzen. Show more
In a performance given at the Cottier Chamber Project in Glasgow, soprano Kate Valentine and a cello ensemble feature in music by Bach, Josquin, Mompou and Villa-Lobos. Show more
A Prom in which Andrew Davis conducts the BBC SO. Tchaikovsky: The Tempest. Payne: Of Land, Sea and Sky. Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1. Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents, with live performances from pianist Diana Ambache and violinist Vadim Gluzman. Plus interviews with conductor John Storgards and composer Lera Auerbach. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Brahms's collaboration with the court of Saxe-Meiningen's musical director, Hans von Bulow. With Nanie, String Quintet No 1 (1st mvt) and Gesang der Parzen. Show more
With the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR under Roger Norrington. Berlioz: Overture (Beatrice and Benedict). Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4. Brahms: Symphony No 1. Show more
Sunday Feature
A Secret Life: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Patrick Wright investigates why German writer Uwe Johnson chose to live in Sheerness from 1974 until his death ten years later. Show more
The Essay
The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything
Episode 2: The Nebula in Orion
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Omar Nasim discusses the very first pictures of a nebula, taken by Henry Draper in 1880, explaining how they changed people's view of the universe and their place within it. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents a special mixtape of David Bowie oddities compiled by journalist Paul Morley. Plus music from Sarathy Korwar, Ben Johansen and Jack Hues and the Quartet. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents studio performances from Czech Radio performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Show more
