Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show including performances by Canadian artists as part of Radio 3's Canada 150 week. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Musical challenge; Music on Location: Paris. Music by Wagner; Artist of the Week: violinist Reinhard Goebel, featured in Heinichen's Dresden Concerto in F. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and Sixth Symphony, works which seemed to presage the death of the composer's daughter. Show more
With Mark Padmore (tenor) in Purcell's A Morning Hymn and An Evening Hymn. Plus Jorg Widmann (clarinet) in his own work Three Shadow Dances and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Wednesday - BBC Philharmonic live from MediaCityUK in Salford
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Salford, BBC Philharmonic under Martyn Brabbins. Strauss: Four Symphonic Interludes. Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (with Jennifer Johnston: mezzo). Weill: Symphony No 2. Show more
Choral Evensong
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, at St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
A recording from March 2017 of the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, singing on the Feast day of St Gregory the first ever Anglican Evensong in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include trumpeter John Wallace and the Royal Canadian Artillery brass quintet. Part of Radio 3's week of programmes marking Canada's 150th birthday. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and Sixth Symphony, works which seemed to presage the death of the composer's daughter. Show more
From Wigmore Hall in London, Ashley Solomon directs Florilegium in a Telemann 250th anniversary concert, with Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano). Presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Free Thinking
Canada 150: Identity - Robbie Richardson, Alison MacLeod, Deborah Pearson, Rupi Kaur and Kevan Funk
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore images of Canada, including First Nations art, Anne of Green Gables on TV, and poems and art posted on Instagram and Twitter by Rupi Kaur. Show more
Michael Goldfarb recalls growing up in America in the 1950s and 60s, in an era of full employment. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy visits the annual pow-pow by the Algonquin people at Kitigan Zibi. Plus a session from the Six Nations Reserve by singer Lacey Hill. Show more
Catriona Young presents a tango mass by Martin Palmeri with the Russian National Chamber Choir and Orchestra, plus a concert of guitar duets from Moldova. Show more
