Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Mendelssohn's Symphony No 5; Artists of the Week: Belcea Quartet, featured performing Debussy's String Quartet. Show more
Composer of the Week
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Episode 1: Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: Child of the Reformation
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores Praetorius's early years as the son of a Lutheran pastor and his first steps into the musical world. Including Terpsichore (Passamezzo). Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London: Lawrence Zazzo and friends perform music of the Italian Baroque, including Verdelot, D'India, Carissimi, Caccini, Frescobaldi and Strozzi. Show more
Catriona Young features the BBC SSO. Chisholm: From the True Edge of the Great World (excerpts). Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4. Plus music by Ravel, Barber and Vaughan Williams. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and guests from the arts world. His guests are baroque specialist Richard Egarr, Italian pianist Alessandro Taverna and horn player Ben Goldscheider. Show more
Composer of the Week
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Episode 1: Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: Child of the Reformation
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Donald Macleod explores Praetorius's early years as the son of a Lutheran pastor and his first steps into the musical world. Including Terpsichore (Passamezzo). Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: The Clare Reformation 500 Project
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
As part of a season dedicated to the Reformation, a concert from St John's Smith Square given by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and Clare Baroque conducted by Graham Ross. Show more
Music Matters
Nikolaj Znaider, Philip Glass - Music in Twelve Parts, Daryl Runswick
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service meets conductor and violinist Nikolaj Znaider and rediscovers Philip Glass's masterpiece Music in Twelve Parts as a new generation of musicians prepare to play it. Show more
Prof Lyndal Roper profiles the brilliant and flawed father of the Reformation, Martin Luther. A complex character who made enemies easily, Luther was courageous and revolutionary. Show more
Soweto Kinch presents saxophonist Trevor Watts and his quartet in a concert entitled Dialogues with Strings. Plus a vocalese version of the album Miles Ahead. Show more
John Shea presents the Romanian-Moldovan Youth Orchestra performing music by Enescu, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Show more
