Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. My Favourite Gypsy-Style Showpieces; Music in Time: Brahms: Piano Sonata No 1; Artists of the Week: Staatskapelle Dresden, performing Beethoven's Symphony No 1. Show more
Donald Macleod investigates the role of Verdi's operas in Italy's fight for independence and the challenges he faced in his battle with the Austrian censors. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016
Episode 1: Navarra Quartet, Schubert Ensemble
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Navarra Quartet play Haydn's String Quartet in E flat, Op 9 No 2, at the Machynlleth Festival and the Schubert Ensemble perform Schubert's Trout Quintet at the Gower Festival. Show more
BBC SSO conducted by Matthias Pintscher. Pintscher: Reflections on Narcissus (with Alisa Weilerstein: cello). Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental Music (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Show more
Sarah Walker's guests include tenor Mark Padmore, guitarist Morgan Szymanski, the Ceruleo Ensemble and pianist Roman Rabinovich. Show more
Donald Macleod investigates the role of Verdi's operas in Italy's fight for independence and the challenges he faced in his battle with the Austrian censors. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Staatskapelle Berlin with Daniel Barenboim as pianist and conductor in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 26 and Bruckner's Symphony No 6. Show more
Dai Smith explores the meaning of Celtic identity, focusing on genetics, the Celtic language and the shared history that holds the six Celtic nations of the British Isles together. Show more
Columnist and historian Simon Heffer discusses comic actor Tony Hancock, whose life encompassed tragedy and comedy in equal measure. Show more
Max Reinhardt is joined by Fielding Hope from Cafe Oto, who introduces performances from two new artists. Plus music from Teresa Rampazzi, Bent Knee and Floyd Ming's Pep Steppers. Show more
Catriona Young presents Weber's act opera Der Freischutz performed in its French version at the 2011 Proms by the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique under John Eliot Gardiner. Show more
