Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Stravinsky's Firebird, Swan Lake, Bridget Kendall
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for Stravinsky's Firebird, and journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural inspirations and influences. Show more
Donald Macleod speaks to Russian music expert Marina Frolova-Walker about two giants of the Soviet symphony - Nikolai Myaskovsky and Gavriil Popov. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Russian Revolutionaries
Episode 2: Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture - Russian Revolutionaries. Alexei Volodin
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Alexei Volodin (piano) in concert at LSO St Luke's in London. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Before Parting. Medtner: Fairy Tale, Op 35 No 4. Rachmaninov: Fragments; Piano Sonata No 1. Show more
Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic perform Vaughan Williams' overture to The Wasps, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini and Elgar's Symphony No 1. Show more
From Royal Holloway Chapel, University of London. Part of Radio 3's 'Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture'. Show more
New Generation Artists
Van Kuijk Quartet, Robin Tritschler and Andrei Ionita
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Van Kuijk Quartet plays Mozart, Robin Tritschler sings Lennox Berkeley and cellist Andrei Ionita plays Schumann, in more performances from Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Show more
In Tune
Lauren Fagan, Milan Siljanov, Ian Tindale, Debasmita Bhattacharya, Gurdain Rayatt
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. His guests include Lauren Fagan, Milan Siljanov and sarod player Debasmita Bhattacharya. Show more
Ragtime Verdi, Midsummer Mendelssohn and Fireworks from Stravinsky, with a little floral Poulenc thrown in for good measure. Show more
Cedric Tiberghien plays piano music by Prokofiev, Philippe Hersant and Mussorgsky at the Wigmore Hall. Presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Free Thinking
Soviet Histories. Part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Svetlana Alexievich speaks on oral history told by Russian women in World War Two, and Stephen Kotkin on Stalin. Rana Mitter sees a musical depicting Soviet hipsters and hippies. Show more
Former ballerina Deborah Bull looks at the impact of Nijinsky's revolutionary ballet, The Rite of Spring, which in dance terms, pre-empted events in October 1917 by several years. Show more
Russian musician, label boss and radio radical, Ivan Zoloto shares song suggestions. Featured artists played also include Sudan Archives and Tokyo Cuban Boys. Show more
Through the Night
BBC Proms 2015: Beethoven Piano Concertos with Leif Ove Andsnes
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
John Shea presents the last of three nights featuring pianist Leif Ove Andsnes's Beethoven concerto cycle at the 2015 BBC Proms. Show more
