Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Sweelinck; Artists of the Week: Belcea Quartet, featured playing Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131. Show more
Composer of the Week
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Episode 4: Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: A New Employer and Terpsichore
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the years Praetorius spent at the Dresden court as acting director of music, and the composition of his most famous work: Terpsichore. Show more
From the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society 2016/17, Adam Walker, Mahan Esfahani, Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford Phillips and the Arcadia Quartet in Bach, Bartok and Bowen. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Thursday Opera Matinee - Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
For Radio 3's season Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution, Catriona Young presents a performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include the Carducci Quartet and conductor Jonathon Heyward. Plus live music from baritone Julien Van Mellaerts, winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award 2017. Show more
Composer of the Week
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Episode 4: Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: A New Employer and Terpsichore
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod focuses on the years Praetorius spent at the Dresden court as acting director of music, and the composition of his most famous work: Terpsichore. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Nicolai, Elgar, Brahms
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture). Elgar: Falstaff. Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (with Garrick Ohlsson). Show more
Free Thinking
Breaking Free: Landmark - Paradise Lost
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Professor John Carey, Dr Mandy Green and New Generation Thinkers Islam Issa and Joe Moshenska join presenter Philip Dodd to discuss Milton's poem Paradise Lost. Show more
Dr Stephen Rose from Royal Holloway, University of London, discusses Johann Walther, the man behind Luther's musical Reformation. Show more
Max skips between the sundazed psychedelia of Sun Araw, Meredith Monk's wordless vocalese from her opera Atlas, and the unsettling electronics of Wolverhampton-born artist Actress. Show more
John Shea presents a performance of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony and a performance of James MacMillan's Credo from the 2012 Proms. Show more
