Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Medieval; Artist of the Week: violinist Nikolaj Znaider, featured performing Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 2. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses the work that brought Rachmaninov global fame: his Second Piano Concerto. 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
The BBC Singers perform music by Finzi, Bingham, Parry, Fairouz, Stanford, Delius, Tippett, Joanna Marsh, Gershwin and Porter. Plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten and Weir. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include pianist Melvyn Tan and conductor Alexander Shelley. Plus The Rose Singers performing music by the late William Petter. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses the work that brought Rachmaninov global fame: his Second Piano Concerto. Show more
From City Halls, Glasgow, a concert celebrating James MacMillan. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in the works Tryst and Stabat Mater. Show more
Bettany Hughes, Sir Richard J Evans and John Hall consider whether periods of turmoil are seen as revolutionary at the time or whether we only understand change retrospectively. Show more
Matthew Smith discusses The Magic Years, a manuscript found in the American Psychiatric Association archives, written when the eradication of mental illness was believed possible. Show more
Nick Luscombe features performances from Malian band Songhoy Blues and Welsh performer Cate Le Bon recorded at the 2017 BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Glasgow. Show more
John Shea introduces the Danish National Symphony Orchestra's 2015 Prom, conducted by Fabio Luisi, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen. Show more