Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Haydn's Symphony No 45 'Farewell'; Artist of the Week: Georg Solti, featured conducting Offenbach's Gaite Parisienne. Show more
Composer of the Week
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
The Darling of Parisian Society
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on how Saint-Georges became popular in Parisian society. Music includes his Sonata in E flat for harp and flute, and Violin Concerto No 1 in G, Op 2. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2016
Episode 1
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Pianist Janina Fialkowska in Chopin's Polonaise Fantaisie, Op 61, Waltz and Scherzo No 4. Plus the Dante Quartet in Beethoven's String Quartet in G, Op 18 No 2. Show more
Verity Sharp with music from the Orchestre National de France. Berlioz: Les Troyens (excerpt). Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2. Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau. Schubert: Rosamunde. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include pianist Mariam Batsashvili, who plays live in the studio, and conductor Harry Christophers. Plus an interview with Sir Simon Rattle. Show more
Composer of the Week
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
The Darling of Parisian Society
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod focuses on how Saint-Georges became popular in Parisian society. Music includes his Sonata in E flat for harp and flute, and Violin Concerto No 1 in G, Op 2. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, in London, Classical Opera give a concert featuring the music of the young Mozart and his contemporaries, including Gassmann, Gluck, JC Bach, Abel and Arne. Show more
Free Thinking
The War of the Worlds sequel, Eimear McBride
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Stephen Baxter on his sequel to The War of the Worlds, debating 'experimental' novels and a discussion about the 'Legal Name Fraud' billboards. Show more
Simon Heffer reveals how Alan Sillitoe's novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was turned into a celebrated 1960 film, starring Albert Finney as the anti-hero Arthur Seaton. Show more
Nick Luscombe is joined in the studio by DJ and ethnomusicologist Nabihah Iqbal. Plus music from experimental electronics artist GIL and part of the sountrack to the film Arrival. Show more
Catriona Young presents a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah from Danish Radio, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki. Show more
