Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, and is joined in the studio by the BBC Singers, who perform the winning entry in the Breakfast Carol Competition. Show more
With Rob Cowan. My Favourite Polkas; Music in Time: Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town); Artist of the Week: Claudio Arrau, featured performing Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2. Show more
Donald Macleod tells the troubled story of Prokofiev's operatic masterpiece - an adaptation of a novel long considered impossible to adapt for the stage: Tolstoy's War and Peace. Show more
The Nash Ensemble in Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K406. Plus Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) in Weber's Grand Duo Concertant, Op 48, and music by Baermann. Show more
Verity Sharp presents a performance of Bellini's Adelson e Salvini, given at the Barbican in London by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Opera Rara. Show more
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the duration of a day, with readings by Sally Phillips and Jonathan Keeble. Show more
New Generation Artists
Chopin, Schumann, Wolf, Mozart and Laura Jurd
1 hour, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Music from Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Pavel Kolesnikov in Chopin, Alec Frank-Gemmill in Schumann, Benjamin Appl in Wolf, Armida Quartet in Mozart, Laura Jurd in her own work. Show more
Donald Macleod tells the troubled story of Prokofiev's operatic masterpiece - an adaptation of a novel long considered impossible to adapt for the stage: Tolstoy's War and Peace. Show more
The BBC Concert Orchestra in a Prom celebrating Shakespeare-inspired music from the stage and screen, including works by Walton and Bernstein. Show more
Anne McElvoy and Afua Hirsch, Graham Bartram, Andrew Rosindell, Ash Sarkar and John Bew explore the history and future of the Union Jack in a year which has seen the Brexit vote. Show more
Theologian Robert Beckford reflects on the magi as a symbol of cultural inclusion. Show more
Composer Jennifer Walshe presents the sound of American doomsday cults, imaginary Bollywood soundtracks, motivational cassettes and medieval minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental. Show more
With Jonathan Swain. Featuring a choral concert given in Cologne by WDR Radio Chorus and Stefan Parkman. Show more
