Petroc Trelawny presents the Breakfast show, including the Wednesday Artist at 8am. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Gyles Brandreth, Balloons, Beethoven
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, Gyles Brandreth. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the strange, brilliant and sometimes nightmarish world of Alfred Schnittke. Today, Schnittke's unexpected and controversial turn to religion. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2018
Episode 2
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Soprano Ailish Tynan, accompanied by pianist Iain Burnside, sings Faure's Cinq melodies de Venise and Llyr Williams plays a Scriabin piano sonata. Show more
BBC Proms repeat: Beethoven, but not as you know it! The thrilling Greek-Russian conductor, Teodor Currentzis, conducts MusicAeterna in Beethoven's Symphonies No 2 and No 5. Show more
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New Generation Artists
Robin Tritschler in Vaughan Williams and Peter Moore in Bruch
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Tenor Robin Tritschler sings Vaughan Williams's liturgical song cycle, Four Hymns, and trombonist Peter Moore plays Bruch's Kol Nidrei, subtitled 'An Adagio on Hebrew Themes'. Show more
In Tune
The Binchois Consort, Ade Solanke, Musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
A lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Sean Rafferty's guests are The Binchois Consort, Ade Solanke and musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: BBC NOW and conductor Otto Tausk with Daniel Müller‐Schott in Dvořák's Cello Concerto. Plus a performance of Richard Strauss's tone poem, Ein Heldenleben. Show more
Baritone Benjamin Appl sings Beethoven's love song, Zartliche Liebe (Tender Love), and pianist Igor Levit plays the composer's 'Waldstein' Sonata. Show more
Sunday Feature
Alice Coltrane: Her Sound and Spirit
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Kevin LeGendre presents a portrait of Alice Coltrane, who was a pianist, harpist, composer, improviser, bandleader and spiritual leader. Show more
Sarah Moss explores the nature of igneous rocks. She talks about basalt and dolerite, the fire rocks that created Antrim's Giant's Causeway and Lindisfarne in Northumberland. Show more
A hop, skip and jump into the avenues of adventurous music, from modern North African fusion to a new psych-folk album by Mark McDowell and Friends. Show more
John Shea presents a recital from Moscow featuring pianist Andrei Korobeinikov playing music by Chopin, Liszt, Schubert and Rachmaninov. Show more
