Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Franck: Les Eolides; Artist of the Week: George Malcolm, featured conducting Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto in D, RV93. Show more
Donald Macleod considers two different sides of Beethoven's character: his business instinct and his giving to charity. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2017
Episode 3
58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
With the Brodsky Quartet in Mendelssohn's Fugue (Four Pieces, Op 81) and Shostakovich's String Quartet No 8. Plus Vikingur Olafsson (piano) in Glass's Etudes Nos 5, 6, 13 and 20. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Thursday Opera Matinee - Rossini's Il Turco in Italia
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Verity Sharp presents a performance of Rossini's Il Turco in Italia, a perceptive comedy of Neapolitan life and love, given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include the Polish Radio Choir, composer Kate Whitley and pianist Alexandra Dariescu. Show more
Donald Macleod considers two different sides of Beethoven's character: his business instinct and his giving to charity. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Philharmonia Orchestra - Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
From de Montfort Hall, Leicester, Karl-Heinz Steffens conducts the Philharmonia. Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture. Schumann: Piano Concerto (with David Fray). Brahms: Symphony No 3. Show more
Free Thinking
Neil Jordan, Flat Time House, Teletubbies
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With film-maker Neil Jordan discussing his novel Carnival, a visit to the living sculpture, Flat Time House, and 20 years of the Teletubbies. Show more
An essay by Rhoda Koenig about writer Anthony Burgess. Show more
Max Reinhardt is joined by composer Shiva Feshareki, who shares new music recommendations. Plus tracks by the Little Chorus of Macalester College and The Berkeley Gamelan Ensemble. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert from the Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra including Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Show more