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Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - The last drop, Mendelssohn's Wedding March, Ruth Padel
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.
With guest, poet, novelist and author Ruth Padel. Show more
Donald Macleod explores those artists to whom Dora Pejacevic dedicated works. Show more
Music evoking swirling water by Debussy, Schubert and Clara Schumann from the 49th Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Eastern Finland. Sarah Walker presents. Show more
Music from Estonia by Tulve, Tuur and Tubin. Olari Elts conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The concert ends with Finzi’s Grand Fantasia and Toccata. Presented by Georgia Mann. Show more
Live from Blackburn Cathedral. Show more
From the cabaret of 1920s Berlin to the nightclubs of Rio and Buenos Aires, soprano Fatma Said kicks off a programme of music recorded by Radio 3's New Generation Artists. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents, with live performances from violinists Nikolaj Znaider and Liya Petrova, and Vox Holloway choir. Plus Sean speaks to actor and opera director Fiona Shaw. Show more
In Tune's specially curated mixtape, including music by Thomas Ades, Borodin and Handel. Show more
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Czech independence Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Smetana and Dvořák including the Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein. Show more
Mike Lee talks to Matthew Sweet about both his career and his approach to dramatising history in his new film Peterloo, which depicts the 1819 massacre at a rally in Manchester. Show more
Poet Karen McCarthy Woolf on finding solace in Hughes's work during a troubled childhood. To her his books were more a mood: a dark and brooding presence but one that resonated. Show more
Late Junction
Fingerpicked guitar, modular synths and modern choral music
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Verity Sharp presents fingerpicked guitar from welsh talent Gwenifer Raymond, Richard Devine’s custom made modular synths and Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ new album. Show more
Cellist Răzvan Suma plays Haydn, Lipatti and Bernstein's Serenade. With Jonathan Swain. Show more
