Afternoon on 3
Louise Fryer presents a week of performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra spanning the last eight decades to celebrate the Orchestra's 80th birthday. Thursday's Opera Matinee is Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore. For details of the complete schedule click on the Thursday Opera Matinee link in the second box down on the right. Get in [email protected] Call: 03700 100 300
Afternoon on 3 - 01/01/2008
2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried. Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers).
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Afternoon on 3 - 01/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Monica Groop and Rudolf Jansen perform works by Schubert, Berg and Mahler. 2.00pm Max and Mozart: Focusing on the work of Peter Maxwell Davies and Mozart.
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Afternoon on 3 - 01/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Szymanowski Quartet perform works by Szymanowski and Ravel. 2.00pm With an excerpt from Berlioz's Les Troyens and Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit.
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Afternoon on 3 - 01/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Aronowitz Ensemble perform works by Borodin and Glinka. 2.10pm Russian and British Music: Featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4 in F minor.
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Afternoon on 3 - 01/08/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. With BBC Proms 2008: With Beethoven's Symphony No 5 and Grosse Fuge, as well as Carter's Oboe Concerto. Plus Chamber Music: Haydn: Piano Trio H XV 19.
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Afternoon on 3 - 01/09/2008
With Penny Gore. Includes BBC Proms 2008: The NYO in Varese's Ameriques, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4 and Copland's Symphony No 3. Plus Chamber Music: Elgar: Piano Quintet.
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Afternoon on 3 - 01/10/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Royal String Quartet. 2.00pm Works commissioned by Radio 3 for the BBC performing groups. 4.00pm The Making of Music. 46/60: Into the Past.
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Afternoon on 3 - 02/01/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Iain Burnside. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Prelude and Act 1 of Wagner's Gotterdammerung.
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Afternoon on 3 - 02/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: French pianist Philippe Cassard performs works by Debussy, Scriabin and Ravel. 2.00pm With excerpts from Berlioz' Les Troyens and music by Gorecki.
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Afternoon on 3 - 02/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Freddy Kempf performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. 2.00pm Russian and British Music: Featuring Berkeley, Rachmaninov, Glinka.
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Afternoon on 3 - 02/06/2008
Includes Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Ingrid Fliter performs works by Haydn and Chopin. Plus Venice: Recordings focusing on the city of Venice. Includes Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G, RV146.
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Afternoon on 3 - 02/09/2008
With Penny Gore. Including BBC Proms 2008: The RPO Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (excerpts), and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5. Plus Chamber Music: Elgar: String Quartet in E minor.
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Afternoon on 3 - 02/11/2007
Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm European Festivals: Including works by Sibelius, Medtner, Milhaud, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Weill and Beethoven.
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Afternoon on 3 - 03/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Ensemble 360 perform two contrasting sextets by Mendelssohn and Poulenc. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 2 of Wagner's Gotterdammerung.
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Afternoon on 3 - 03/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Daniel Hope performs works by Schnittke, Mendelssohn and Brahms. 2.00pm BBC National Orchestra of Wales St David's Day Concert: Featuring Welsh composers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 03/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Eugene Asti performs songs by Debussy, Delius, Stanford and Vaughan Williams. 2.00pm With music including Mozart's Piano Concerto No 15.
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Afternoon on 3 - 03/06/2008
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Alison Balsom Ensemble perform works by Vivaldi, Falla and Piazzolla. Plus Venice: Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried performed at Teatro La Fenice.
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Afternoon on 3 - 03/09/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008: With a Prom featuring Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Job, Serenade to Music and Symphony No 9.
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Afternoon on 3 - 03/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Arcanto Quartet perform quartets by Bartok and Brahms. 2.00pm The Ancients: Recordings of works inspired by ancient, biblical and mythical figures.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Violist Lawrence Power and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 3 of Wagner's Gotterdammerung.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Ailish Tynan and Julius Drake perform music by Brahms, Debussy and Faure. 2.00pm South American Week: With music from Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and Lindberg.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade. Including Mendelssohn's Violin Sonata in F minor. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian. Including Symphony No 30.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Jennifer Pike (violin), Philippe Cassard (piano) perform violin sonatas by Debussy, Ravel. 2.00pm With music including Purcell's: Dido and Aeneas.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/06/2008
The Lunchtime Concert features cellist Adrian Brendel and the Elias String Quartet performing Schubert's Quintet in C, D956. Plus Venice: With Monteverdi's setting of the Vespers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/08/2008
With Louise Fryer. Including BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Bruch and Strauss. Plus Chamber Music: Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht.
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Afternoon on 3 - 04/09/2008
With Penny Gore. Including BBC Proms 2008: The Philharmonia Orchestra under Susanna Malkki in works including Eotvos' violin concerto Seven. Plus Chamber Music: Watkins; Britten.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Alina Ibragimova and Cedric Tiberghien play Couperin, Bach and Beethoven. 2.00pm South American Week: Latin-themed music.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade. With Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in F. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian. Includes Symphony No 5.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Tokyo String Quartet perform Webern. 2.00pm Ebony and Ivory: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4. 4.40pm Young Musician of the Year Finalist - Strings.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/06/2008
The Lunchtime Concert features The Aronowitz Ensemble performing music for string quintet, including Dvorak's Bagatelles. Plus Venice: Including Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/08/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. Includes BBC Proms 2008: A repeat of a Prom featuring music by Liverpool-born composer Kenneth Hesketh. Plus Chamber Music: Stravinsky: 3 Songs.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/09/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring a premiere by Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg plus works by Rachmaninov and Sibelius.
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Afternoon on 3 - 05/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Vermeer Quartet live from the Wigmore Hall. 2.00pm BBC Orchestras in recent performances at the international Prague Autumn Festival.
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Afternoon on 3 - 06/02/2008
1.00am Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Eduard Kunz plays piano works by Bach, Haydn, Rameau and Scarlatti. 2.00pm South American Week: Latin-themed music.
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Afternoon on 3 - 06/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade. With miniatures and larger works by both composers. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian. With Symphony No 18.
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Afternoon on 3 - 06/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Including Mozart's Adagio in B flat. 2.00pm Ebony and Ivory: With Ravel's Scheherazade. 4.40pm Young Musician of the Year 2008 - Woodwind Category Winner.
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Afternoon on 3 - 06/06/2008
The Lunchtime Concert features Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) performing sonatas by Hadyn and mazurkas by Chopin. Plus Venice: Baroque and modern works including Stravinsky's Petrushka.
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Afternoon on 3 - 06/08/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2008: A repeat of a Prom featuring Beethoven's Symphony No 1 and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. Plus Chamber Music: Mozart; Falla.
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Afternoon on 3 - 06/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 1/4. The Trio Wanderer. 2.00pm Including works by Dvorak, Britten, Berlioz and Richard Strauss.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Kopelman Quartet perform works by Beethoven and Shostakovich. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Aronowitz Ensemble and Sharon Bezaly perform works by CPE Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. 2.00pm South American Week: Latin-themed music.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade. The Aronowitz Ensemble play octets by the two composers. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian. With Symphony No 3.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Trio Jean Paul perform works by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Including Symphony No 1 (Sea Symphony).
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: With Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 4. 2.00pm Ebony and Ivory: With music by Elgar. 4.40pm BBC Young Musician of the Year Finalist - Brass Category Winner.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/08/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. With BBC Proms 2008: A repeat of a Proms celebration of Ethel Smyth's work, with her Concerto for Horn and Violin. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Bach.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/11/2007
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 2/4. Tenor Daniil Shotda and pianist Larissa Gergieva. 2.00pm Including Dvorak, Schubert and Bartok.
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Afternoon on 3 - 07/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Belcea Quartet and Friends: 4/4. Members of the Belcea Quartet perform chamber music by Schubert. 2.00pm Including Stravinsky, Dvorak and Bartok.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 1/4. Performances recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/02/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. The Psophos Quartet play music by Haydn, Saint-Georges and Beethoven. 2.00pm South American Week: Latin-themed music.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Hearing Pictures 1. Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles perform Schubert. 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Vaughan Williams. With Symphony No 2.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: With a work by Magnus Lindberg. 2.00pm Ebony and Ivory: With Bruckner's 4th Symphony. 4.40pm BBC Young Musician of the Year Finalist - Percussion Winner.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/08/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. Including BBC Proms 2008: A repeat of a Prom inspired by rustic dances. Including Brahms's Violin Concerto. Plus Chamber Music: Bartok: Contrasts.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/09/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. With BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring the BBC SO and Chorus in Verdi's Requiem. Plus Chamber Music: Music inspired by Italy.
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Afternoon on 3 - 08/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 3/4. Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaya. 2.00pm Including works by Smetana, Shostakovich, Britten and Enescu.
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Afternoon on 3 - 09/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 2/4. Concerts recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.
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Afternoon on 3 - 09/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Hearing Pictures 2. A performance of works with a naval theme. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Vaughan Williams. Featuring Symphony No 3.
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Afternoon on 3 - 09/05/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: With Mozart's E flat Divertimento. 2.00pm Ebony and Ivory: With Holst's St Paul's Suite. 4.40pm BBC Young Musician of the Year Finalist - Keyboard Winner.
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Afternoon on 3 - 09/06/2008
Including Lunchtime Concert: Austrian pianist Till Fellner performs works by Mozart, Holliger and Schumann. Plus Concertos and Beethoven Symphonies: Beethoven's Symphony No 2.
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Afternoon on 3 - 09/09/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. With BBC Proms 2008: The BBC NOW under Tadaaki Otaka in music by Grace Williams, Elgar and Tchaikovsky. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Mozart.
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Afternoon on 3 - 09/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 4/4. Paul Hillier conducts the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. 2.00pm Including Massenet, Elgar and Berlioz.
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Afternoon on 3 - 10/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 3/4. Performances recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.
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Afternoon on 3 - 10/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Jonathan Biss performs Beethoven, Schoenberg and Schubert. 2.00pm Lucerne Festivals: Including Sibelius's Symphony No 2 and Beethoven's Choral Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - 10/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Hearing Pictures 3. A performance of Schubert's Winterreise. 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams. With Symphony No 1.
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Afternoon on 3 - 10/06/2008
With the Lunchtime Concert: The Psophos Quartet perform Franck's Quintet and a sonata by Debussy. Plus Concertos and Beethoven Symphonies: Including Schubert's Symphony No 3.
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Afternoon on 3 - 10/09/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. With BBC Proms 2008: The LPO perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Kashchey the Immortal and Stravinsky's The Firebird. Plus Chamber Music: Songs by Beethoven.
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Afternoon on 3 - 10/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Gaudier Ensemble perform two of Beethoven's early chamber works. 2.00pm Ulster Orchestra Summer Invitation Concerts: Mozart, Haydn and Neo-Classicism.
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Afternoon on 3 - 100 Years of British Music
Penny Gore presents British music from the 20th and 21st centuries, including the Elgar Symphonies. Plus Haydn String Quartets,introduced by violinist Peter Cropper
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 4/4. Performances recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Baroque chamber music for winds. 2.00pm Focus on Berlin: Performances by the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music from members past and present.
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Music from pre-revolutionary 18th century Europe, with works by Devienne and Mozart. 2.00pm Lucerne Festivals: Including Schubert's Symphony No 5.
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Cabaret Songs. Music by Britten, Poulenc and Satie. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: With Serenade to Music.
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/06/2008
Including the Lunchtime Concert: Baritone Thomas Allen sings settings of French poetry. Plus Concertos and Beethoven Symphonies: Dvorak: Symphony No 9; and Milhaud: Suite Francaise.
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/08/2008
Including BBC Proms 2008: The BBC SO in works by Messiaen, Stravinsky, Ravel and George Benjamin, who conducts. Plus Chamber Music: Pieces by Couperin and Ravel.
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Afternoon on 3 - 11/09/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. With BBC Proms 2008: Stephane Deneve conducts The RSNO in works by Roussel, Rachmaninov and Debussy. Plus Chamber Music: Includes music by Beethoven.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Jonathan Lemalu and Michael Hampton perform Schumann. 2.00pm Focus on Berlin: Celebrating the best of music-making in Berlin.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Music from 18th century Europe, with works by Bach, Mozart and Clementi. 2.00pm A production of Massenet's Werther, plus music by Messiaen and Ravel.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/05/2008
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Belcea Quartet perform Webern's 5 Movements and Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet. Jansons and Friends: Featuring Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/06/2008
The Lunchtime Concert: Gould Piano Trio in works by Saint-Saens and Debussy. Plus Concertos and Beethoven Symphonies: Including Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No 7.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/08/2008
Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2008: The Ulster Orchestra in music by Ferguson, Stanford, Smetana and Dvorak. Chamber Music: Works by MacMillan and Brahms.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/09/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2008: Martyn Brabbyns conducts the BBC SO in Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 7, Xenakis's Pleiades and Holst's The Planets.
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Afternoon on 3 - 12/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Takacs Quartet perform late works by Mozart and Dvorak. 2.00pm Works by Britten, Holst and Elgar performed by BBC Orchestras.
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Afternoon on 3 - 13/01/2011
Karishmeh Felfeli with new recordings from BBC performing groups, including the BBC Philharmonic in Smetana, the BBC CO in Gregson and the BBC Philhamonic in Tchaikovsky.
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Afternoon on 3 - 13/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Music from 18th century Europe, with works by a young Mozart and Joseph Haydn's brother, Michael. 2.00pm Lucerne Festivals: Including Schubert's Mass in G.
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Afternoon on 3 - 13/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: With a performance of Beethoven's Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1. Jansons and Friends: Mariss Jansons conducts works by Weber, Hindemith and Verdi.
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Afternoon on 3 - 13/06/2008
Including the Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Jean Efflam Bavouzet performs works by Ravel, Satie and Debussy. Plus Concertos and Beethoven Symphonies: With Beethoven's Symphony No 8.
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Afternoon on 3 - 13/08/2008
Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2008: The Royal Philharmonic in works by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Chamber Music: Bach: Preludes and Fugues. Schoenberg: Pieces.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Florestan Trio perform Mozart and Shostakovich. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir: Works by Weir, Stravinsky, Janacek, Holst, Bartok and Roslavets.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/01/2011
Karishmeh Felfeli with new recordings by the BBC's performing groups, including the BBC SSO in Brahms and Beethoven, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Songs by Faure performed by Andrew Kennedy and Roger Vignoles. 2.00pm Focus on Berlin: The best of music-making in Berlin.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Music from 18th century Europe with trios by Haydn and Mozart. 2.00pm Lucerne Festivals: Including Sibelius' Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Czech Suite.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Martin Frost and Roland Pontinen perform works by Brahms and Schumann. 2.00pm Bristish Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Including Symphony No 5.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/04/2008
Catherine Bott introduces a programme to mark 50 years since Ralph Vaughan Williams' death. With archive recordings including Five Tudor Portraits, Symphony No 3 and Pastoral.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: With a performance of songs by Hahn as well as Beethoven's Septet in E flat, Op 20. Jansons and Friends: Featuring Bruckner's Symphony No 7.
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Afternoon on 3 - 14/08/2008
Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2008: Works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, plus new compositions by Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde. Chamber Music: Bach.
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Afternoon on 3 - 15/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Celebrating the New Generation: 1/4. Tenor Allan Clayton and pianist James Baillieu. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir: With works by Weir, Ravel and Janacek.
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Afternoon on 3 - 15/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. The Aronowitz Ensemble play Faure and Schoenberg. 2.00 Focus on Berlin: Concluding a celebration of music-making in Berlin.
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Afternoon on 3 - 15/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch. The Britten Sinfonia perform chamber music. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6.
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Afternoon on 3 - 15/04/2008
Catherine Bott presents the second of two programmes of BBC archive recordings of the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, which includes the composer conducting his own Fifth Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - 15/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Mozart's Adagio and Fugue in C minor, Debussy's Premiere rapsodie and Beethoven's Archduke Trio. Plus a performance of Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.
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Afternoon on 3 - 15/08/2008
Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2008: Edward Gardner conducts the BBC SO in Sibelius and new works by Michael Berkeley and Stuart MacRae. Plus music by Janacek and Bach.
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Afternoon on 3 - 16/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Celebrating the New Generation: 2/4. The Aronowitz Ensemble. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir: Including works by Weir, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Berlioz.
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Afternoon on 3 - 16/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch. With string works by Bach and Brahms. 2.00pm British Symphon Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Featuring Symphony No 7.
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Afternoon on 3 - 16/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: With a performance of Mozart's Serenade in C minor, K388. Jansons and Friends: Including Brahms's German Requiem and Respighi's Fountains of Rome.
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Afternoon on 3 - 16/06/2008
Including The Lunchtime Concert: Bass-baritone Gerald Finley and Julius Drake (piano) in works by Grieg and Schumann/Heine. Plus The Alps: Including Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2.
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Afternoon on 3 - 17/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Celebrating the New Generation: 3/4. Soprano Eilish Tynan and pianist Christopher Glynn. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir: With works by Weir, Strauss and Weber.
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Afternoon on 3 - 17/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock performs pieces from his debut album. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Including Orff's Carmina Burana.
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Afternoon on 3 - 17/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch. With works by Beethoven and Ravel. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Featuring Symphony No 8.
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Afternoon on 3 - 17/06/2008
Including Lunchtime Concert: Soprano Felicity Lott performs music by composers including Faure and Rorem. Plus The Alps: Including Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 (Winter Daydreams).
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Afternoon on 3 - 17/09/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Lars Vogt performs Berg and Brahms. 2.00pm Sibelius Cycle: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. 4.00pm The Making of Music: 36/60. Exotic Paris.
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Afternoon on 3 - 17/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja performs works by Schumann and Chopin. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Focusing on the work of David Matthews.
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Afternoon on 3 - 18/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Celebrating the New Generation: 4/4. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka and pianist Jose Gallardo. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir. 4.00pm Folk Tales.
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Afternoon on 3 - 18/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Cedric Tiberghien performs Chopin and Beethoven. 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and friends: With music from Smetana, Bartok and Prokofiev.
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Afternoon on 3 - 18/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Psophos Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet in D, Opus 18. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Including Mahler's Symphony No 8 in E flat.
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Afternoon on 3 - 18/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Britten Sinfonia. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Including Symphony No 9. BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis.
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Afternoon on 3 - 18/06/2008
Includes Lunchtime Concert: Boris Giltburg (piano) performs Bach, Beethoven, Franck and Gershwin. Plus The Alps: With Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2; and Strauss: Alpine Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - 18/08/2008
Presented by John Shea. With BBC Proms 2008: Performances of Puccini's one-act opera Il Tabarro and Rachmaninov's Symphony No 1. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Mozart and Ravel.
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Afternoon on 3 - 19/02/2008
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Featuring Britten, Debussy and Alberga. 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic and friends: A tour of Czech music.
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Afternoon on 3 - 19/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Cremona Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet No 3 in C. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: With Haydn's The Storm and Verdi's Requiem.
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Afternoon on 3 - 19/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Korean cellist Han-Na Chang performs Bach's Suite No 1 in G. Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies: Including Richard Strauss's Don Quixote.
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Afternoon on 3 - 19/06/2008
Including Lunchtime Concert: The Florestan Trio and mezzo-soprano Susan Gritton perform piano trios by Haydn and Schubert. Plus The Alps: With Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 1).
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Afternoon on 3 - 19/08/2008
Presented by John Shea. Includes BBC Proms 2008: The BBC Philharmonic in Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Plus Chamber Music: Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Pfitzner.
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Afternoon on 3 - 19/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Live from Wigmore Hall, the Beaux Arts Trio perform Beethoven. 2.00pm With works by Brahms, Mozart, Rameau, Schnittke and Beethoven.
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Afternoon on 3 - 20/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Danjulo Ishizaka and Martin Helmchen perform Messiaen, Macrae and Franck. 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic and friends: Including an operetta by Offenbach.
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Afternoon on 3 - 20/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Endellion Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet in F, Op 135. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Including Stravinsky's The Nightingale.
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Afternoon on 3 - 20/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007: A recital by mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin. Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies: Including Schumann's Cello Concerto.
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Afternoon on 3 - 20/06/2008
Including the Lunchtime Concert: The Pavel Haas Quartet perform music by Mozart, Dvorak and Janacek. Plus The Alps: Featuring Acts 2 and 3 of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
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Afternoon on 3 - 20/08/2008
Presented by John Shea. With BBC Proms 2008: Martin Frost (clarinet) and the Gothenburg SO in music by Ravel, Hillborg and Berlioz. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Faure, Debussy.
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Afternoon on 3 - 2008 Lucerne Festivals
Louise Fryer presents a series featuring performances from the 2008 Lucerne Festivals in Switzerland - Easter, Summer and Piano
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Afternoon on 3 - 20th Century Greats
Penny Gore presents famous concertos and symphonies written in the 20th century, as well as choral music performances from the BBC Singers
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Guarneri Quartet perform works by Haydn and Smetana. 2.00pm Youth Orchestras: Including works by Bernstein, Ravel, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Ebene Quartet perform works by Webern, Gribbin and Ravel. 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic and Friends: Featuring Russian music and two sides of Strauss.
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Henschel Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet No 6 in B flat. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Concert for Holy Week.
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Florian Boesch and Burkhard Kehring perform Schubert's Schwanengesang, D957. 2.00pm St Petersburg: Including Tchaikovsky, Myaskovsky and Beethoven.
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007. Tenor Mark Padmore. Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies: Including Brahms's Tragic Overture, Op 81.
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/07/2008
BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear the BBC SO under Jiri Behlolavek in works by Carter, Messiaen, Mozart and Strauss. Plus Chamber Music: Haydn: Quartet, Op 76; Ravel: Quartet.
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Afternoon on 3 - 21/08/2008
Presented by John Shea. With BBC Proms 2008: The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Haydn, Schoenberg and Brahms. Plus Chamber Music: Songs by Pfitzner, Schoenberg and Mahler.
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Afternoon on 3 - 22/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 'Period instrument' recitals. 1/4. Trio Goya perform works by Haydn and Mozart. 2.00pm Youth Orchestras: With works by Part, Ravel, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
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Afternoon on 3 - 22/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Music by Poulenc, Hersant, Phibbs and Ravel. 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic and friends: Czech composers inspired by England, America and their native land.
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Afternoon on 3 - 22/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Bach Plus. Joanna MacGregor performs a concert pairing works by Bach and Shostakovich. 2.00pm St Petersburg: Featuring Tchaikovsky's Iolanta.
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Afternoon on 3 - 22/05/2008
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007. Nachtmusik perform Mozart and Haydn. Plus Cello Concertos, Variations, and Rhapsodies: Dvorak Cello Concerto.
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Afternoon on 3 - 22/07/2008
BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring works by Bax and Finzi, and violinist Nigel Kennedy in Elgar's Violin Concerto; Plus Chamber Music: Britten: Cello Sonata.
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Afternoon on 3 - 22/08/2008
Presented by John Shea. With BBC Proms 2008: Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC SO and Chorus in three works by Janacek. Plus Chamber Music: Pieces by Telemann, Bach and Schubert.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 'Period instrument' recitals. 2/4. Pianist Melvyn Tan performs works by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. 2.00pm Youth Orchestras: Cavalli's Ercole Amante.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Bach Plus. Cellist Truls Mork performs suites by Bach and Britten. 2.00pm St Petersburg: With Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007. Olli Mustonen performs Schumann, Bach. Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies: Including Brahms, Rachmaninov, Elgar.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/06/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Imogen Cooper (piano) in Schubert, Liszt and Bartok. China Focus: With a work by Tan Dun, as well as Mahler's Symphony No 4 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/07/2008
BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring French music. With Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony and Messiaen's L'ascension. Plus Chamber Music: Wolf: 6 Songs.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/07/2009
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross. James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross. Elgar: Quintet in A minor for piano and strings, Op 84.
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Afternoon on 3 - 23/10/2009
Presented by Ian Skelly. Including a chance to hear the inaugural recording by the BBC Philharmonic of Elgar's The Crown of India. Plus music by Janacek, Schumann and Stravinsky.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Quatour Mosaiques perform works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven. 2.00pm Youth Orchestras: With works by Kodaly, Dvorak, Locatelli and Tchaikovsky.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Michelangelo Quartet perform Stravinsky, Haydn and Schumann. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: Including Stravinsky's Petrushka and Britten's Spring Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/04/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Bach Plus. The Artemis Quartet perform works by Bach and Beethoven. 2.00pm St Petersburg: Includes Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/06/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring Lunchtime Concert: Plus China Focus, which Includes Bright Sheng's Shanghai Overture and Walton's Symphony No 1.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/07/2008
Another chance to hear a concert from the BBC Proms 2008 featuring Rossini's William Tell Overture and Haydn's Cello Concerto No 1. Plus Chamber Music: Britten: Cello Suite No 3.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/09/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cedric Tiberghien. 2.00pm New Generation Artists. 4.00 The Making of Music. 41/60: The End of the Hapsburgs.
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Afternoon on 3 - 24/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Trio Jean Paul perform works by Haydn and Brahms. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Wagner's Das Rheingold recorded at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Period instrument recitals. 4/4: Soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. 2.00pm Youth Orchestras: With works by Mahler and Debussy.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/02/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Ann Murray and Philip Langridge perform works by Barber, Bridge and Britten. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Skampa Quartet perform Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: Including Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Schumann's Spring Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Bach Plus. Violinist Ilya Gringolts performs works by Bach and Bartok. 2.00pm St Petersburg: Including Rachmaninov's Vespers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/06/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring Lunchtime Concert: Cellist Steven Isserlis in works by Debussy and Janacek. Plus China Focus: With Qigang Chen's L'eloignement.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/07/2008
Includes BBC Proms 2008: The BBC SO in Mendelssohn: Overture (Ruy Blas); Symphony No 4; and Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2 with Lars Vogt. Plus Chamber Music: Bach: Cello suite No 1.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/08/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. With BBC Proms 2008: Featuring Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi; and Nigel Osborne: Flute Concerto. Plus Chamber Music: Piano works by Beethoven and Brahms.
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Afternoon on 3 - 25/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Beethoven Plus: 5/8. The Szymanowski Quartet. 2.00pm Carols from King's. 3.40pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/02/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: A performance of works by Korngold, Goossens, Ives and Finzi. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/03/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Wihan Quartet perform Haydn's Lark Quartet. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: Includes Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and Mahler's Blumine.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/05/2008
Lunchtime Concert: Sonatas by Mozart and Schubert. Big Noises from Down Under: Music from Australia and New Zealand. Works by Vivaldi, Brett Dean, Mahler, Britten.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/06/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Includes Lunchtime Concert: Soprano Carolyn Sampson in songs by Debussy and Poulenc. Plus China Focus: With Musheng Chen: A Dream in the Peony Garden.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/08/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008: The BBC SSO in a premiere by Elliott Carter, plus Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Tavener and Howells.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Tenor Andrew Kennedy with pianist Julius Drake perform works by Faure, Gurney and Strauss. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Beethoven Plus: 6/8. The Ysaye Quartet perform Beethoven and Bartok. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 2 of Wagner's Die Walkure.
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Afternoon on 3 - 26/12/2008
Presented by Louise Fryer. The LSO under Valery Gergiev in a complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, given as part of the 2008 BBC Proms season.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/02/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. A performance of works by MacDowell, Vaughan Williams and Copland. 2.10pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/03/2008
Including 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. The Navarra Quartet perform string quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: More performances by BBC Orchestras on tour.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/05/2008
Includes Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007. Kate Royal and Christine Rice perform works by Schumann; Big Noises from Down Under: Elgar: Symphony No 1.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/06/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring Lunchtime Concert: Plus Focus on China: With Li Huan Zhi: Chinese Spring Festival Overture and Chen Yi: Chinese Myths Cantata.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/08/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. 2.15pm BBC Proms 2008: An electro-acoustic Prom, with works including Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos plango, vivos voco, plus Messiaen and Varese.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 1/4. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka and pianist Jose Gallardo perform Beethoven and Rachmaninov. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 27/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Beethoven Plus: 7/8. The Ebene Quartet perform works by Beethoven and bartok. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 3 of Wagner's Die Walkure.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Bernarda Fink and Roger Vignoles perform music by Wolf and Mahler. 2.00pm Max and Mozart: With the symphonies of Peter Maxwell Davies and works by Mozart.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/02/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: With music by Copland, Barber and Walton. 2.15pm Large Scale British Choral Works: The BBC Symphony chorus perform Dyson's Nebuchadnezzar.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/03/2008
Including 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. The Rosamunde Quartet performs late quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: More performances by the BBC Orchestras on tour.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Vienna Piano Trio perfom Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat, D929. 2.00pm Russian and British Music: Featuring Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/05/2008
Including Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007: The Tokyo String Quartet perform Beethoven and Schumann; Big Noises from Down Under: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/07/2008
With Jonathan Swain. Including BBC Proms 2008. Another chance to hear a Prom with works by Bax, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Plus Chamber Music: Messiaen's Vingt Regards 1-10.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/08/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008: BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek in Dvorak's 16 Slavonic Dances and Janacek's Osud. Plus Chamber Music: Schumann: 3 Romances, Op 94.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 2/4. Gwilym Simcock presents a concert of jazz piano music. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 28/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Beethoven Plus: 8/8. Prazak Quartet perform works by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 1 of Wagner's Siegfried.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Baritone Florian Boesch performs works by Brahms, Mahler and Strauss. 2.00pm Max and Mozart: Focusing on the work of Peter Maxwell Davies and Mozart.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/02/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: A performance of works by Ives, Pitfield, Bridge and Copland. 2.20pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: A trio of musicians perform works by Cui, Borodin and Rimsky Korsakov. 2.20pm Russian and British Music: Featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 in C minor.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/05/2008
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007: Pyatt/McCawley perform Poulenc's Elegie for horn and piano; Big Noises from Down Under: Brahms: Symphony No 2.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/07/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. With BBC Proms 2008: Friday's Prom, with a new work by Simon Holt and Debussy's Nocturnes. Plus Chamber Music: Messiaen: Vingts Regards Nos 11-20.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/08/2008
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008: The Gurzenich Orchestra in their Proms debut recreate a 1904 concert featuring Mahler's 5th Symphony. Plus Beethoven's Leonore Overture.
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Afternoon on 3 - 29/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 3/4. The Ebene Quartet perform works by Brahms and Schubert. 2.15pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 30/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Christianne Stotijn and Julius Drake perform works by Mahler and Brahms. 2.00pm Max and Mozart: Focusing on the works of Peter Maxwell Davies and Mozart.
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Afternoon on 3 - 30/04/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Sergei Leiferkus and Semyon Skigin perform songs by Borodin, Cui and Mussorgsky. 2.00pm Russian and British Music: Featuring Rachmaninov's Symphony No 1.
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Afternoon on 3 - 30/05/2008
With Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh Festival 2007: Cantus Koln and Konrad Junghanel perform works by Bach; Big Noises from Down Under: Featuring Puccini's Il Trittico.
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Afternoon on 3 - 30/07/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. With BBC Proms 2008: Saturday's Prom, with works by Mussorgsky, Ades, Prokofiev and Borodin. Plus Chamber Music: Brahms: Piano Quartet, Op 60.
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Afternoon on 3 - 30/11/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 4/4. The Aronowitz Ensemble perform Tchaikovsky and Schnittke. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers.
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Afternoon on 3 - 31/01/2008
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Sara Mingardo and Malcolm Martineau perform music by Mahler and Wagner. 2.00pm Max and Mozart: Focusing on the work of Peter Maxwell Davies and Mozart.
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Afternoon on 3 - 31/03/2008
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Nash Ensemble perform works by Mendelssohn and Weber. 2.00pm Including Dvorak's Cello Concerto and music by Schoenberg, Poulenc and Berlioz.
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Afternoon on 3 - 31/07/2008
Presented by Jonathan Swain. With BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear the Prom featuring Messiaen's La transfiguration. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Dowland and Schubert.
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Afternoon on 3 - 31/12/2007
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Cedric Tiberghien performs a programme of Spanish-inspired music. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007: Act 2 of Wagner's Siegfried.
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Afternoon on 3 - 49th Parallel North
Series of musical performances from cities and towns along the US/Canada border. Including concerts from Montreal, Minnesota, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec and Chicago
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Afternoon on 3 - A Prelude to Youth
Performances from the final rounds of the 2010 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Plus a focus on youth, with competition finalists from previous years
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Afternoon on 3 - A Tribute to Edward Downes
Penny Gore presents a week celebrating the BBC work of the late Edward Downes, especially as principal conductor and conductor emeritus of the BBC Philharmonic
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Afternoon on 3 - A Trip Away
Penny Gore presents music inspired by foreign travel, from the brave New World of America to the mountains of Austria, the cities of Italy, chivalrous Spain and the landscapes of Scotland
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Afternoon on 3 - Amadigi di Gaula
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's mythical 'opera seria' Amadigi di Gaula, featured as part of a complete Radio 3 cycle of his operas.
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Afternoon on 3 - Ancient Greece
Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greece, with a special focus on the stories of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur
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Afternoon on 3 - Austrian Performing Groups
Series featuring performances by some of Austria's leading performing groups
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Afternoon on 3 - Baltic Sea Festival 2009
Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden and the work of its founders, conductors Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Afternoon on 3 - Barber/Schuman Centenary
A celebraton of the work of American composers Samuel Barber and William Schuman. With performances by graduates of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute - connected with both composers
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Afternoon on 3 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Penny Gore presents performances given by the BRSO, one of Europe's leading ensembles. The music was recorded at public concerts, mostly given in the orchestra's home city of Munich
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Concert Orchestra
Series of performances given in 2009 by the BBC Concert Orchestra
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales opens its new home, BBC Hoddinott Hall, at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Afternoon on 3 celebrates with highlights from the orchestra's work since 1983
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Musical Firsts
Penny Gore presents a series centring on musical firsts featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales on the Road
Series of performances given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales - in the principality and around Europe
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC NOW: Hoddinott, Bruch, Sibelius, Nielsen
From BBC Hoddinott Hall. BBC NOW in Hodinott: Symphony No 10. Bruch: Violin Concerto No 5 (soloist - Matthew Trusler). Sibelius: Nightride and Sunrise. Nielsen: Symphony No 4.
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Performing Groups
Louise Fryer presents music from the BBC orchestras and Singers. With a wide variety of music, ranging from Haydn Symphonies and Mozart violin concertos to Hollywood film scores and Christmas carols
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Performing Groups 2010
Katie Derham presents a series featuring new recordings made by the BBC's recording groups
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Performing Groups Live
Series featuring live performances and recordings made by the BBC's orchestras and singers
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Philharmonic
Series in which the BBC Philharmonic takes centre stage, and featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing with the orchestra
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Philharmonic at 75
Series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season with some of their best performances from 2009
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Swain presents a series showcasing the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as performances from the 2010 Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass in Manchester
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Penny Gore presents a series of programmes demonstrating the wide repertoire of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, including American music
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary
Katie Derham celebrates the 75th birthday of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with new and archive recordings. Featuring performances from most BBC SSO principal conductors and Scottish works
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Orkney
Katie Derham celebrates the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's visit to the 2010 St Magnus Festival in Orkney. Plus performances from previous years and some of the voices associated with the isles
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra
Penny Gore presents a series of programmes celebrating the work of the BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Louise Fryer presents performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under their chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek. With concerts given in China and Japan and a new Beethoven piano concerto cycle
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary
To mark the 80th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Louise Fryer presents performances by the orchestra and its 12 chief conductors since 1930
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Afternoon on 3 - BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Series of concerts casting a spotlight on the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus, who celebrate their 80th birthday in 2009
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Afternoon on 3 - Beethoven Plus
A run of concerts recorded at LSO, St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok
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Afternoon on 3 - Beethoven Symphony Cycle
Penny Gore presents a full cycle of Beethoven symphonies from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Plus music from the best attended concert series in the Netherlands - the Sunday Morning Concert
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Afternoon on 3 - Belcea Quartet and Friends
The Belcea Quartet perform chamber music, recorded at the Perth Concert Hall
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Afternoon on 3 - Berlin Philharmonic
Series celebrating the strong musicianship and versatility of the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic. Their traditonal repertoire encompasses symphonies by Bruckner, Schumann and Mozart
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Afternoon on 3 - Berlin Philharmonic 2010
Series of concerts given by the famous Berlin Philharmonic
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Afternoon on 3 - Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary
Radio 3 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with performances by German orchestras from both sides of the wall, as well as revolutionary music
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Afternoon on 3 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
With music inspired by the seafaring and the satanic. Includes Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre; Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead; and Gosta Nystroem: Sinfonia del mare.
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Afternoon on 3 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Including Lunchtime Concert: Aldeburgh Festival highlights. Plus Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Music inspired by the maritime and the satanic. With Liszt's Totentanz.
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Afternoon on 3 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Louise Fryer continues a series of programmes focusing on works inspired by the sea and the satanic. With Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and Judith Bingham's Salt in the Blood.
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Afternoon on 3 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Louise Fryer presents music inspired by the sea and the satanic. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes). Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.
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Afternoon on 3 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Louise Fryer ends an exploration of music inspired by the sea and the satanic, with a sequence that includes Lisz's Mephisto Waltz No 1 and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
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Afternoon on 3 - Bohemian Rhapsody
Jonathan Swain presents performances of Czech music given by the BBC's orchestras
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Afternoon on 3 - Brahms
BBC orchestras perform symphonies, choral and orchestral works by Brahms, alongside works by his musical colleagues, forebears and descendants
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Afternoon on 3 - Brahms Plus
Penny Gore presents a series featuring a complete cycle of Brahms's symphonies performed by the BBC's orchestras, as well as music for the violin
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Afternoon on 3 - Chopin and His Influences
Series featuring music by Chopin as well as some other composers who were influenced by him. With highlights from the 2009 Chopin and his Europe Festival
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Afternoon on 3 - Cleveland Orchestras
Louise Fryer presents recent performances by the Cleveland Orchestra and also the ensemble Apollo's Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, with their founder and music director Jeannette Sorrell
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Afternoon on 3 - Composer-Conductor-Performers
Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating the versatile musicians who have worked in dual roles - composer-conductors, conductor-performers or perfomer-composers
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Afternoon on 3 - Concertgebouw Matinee
Penny Gore presents a series of concerts given at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Including performances from the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
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Afternoon on 3 - Dance
John Shea presents performances of music inspired by dance, plus concerts given as part of the 2009 International Competition for Young Conductors
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Afternoon on 3 - David Oistrakh
A celebration of the life and work of the great Russian violinist and conductor David Oistrakh, with famous archive recordings. Plus performances from contemporary violinists
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Afternoon on 3 - Dresden and Leipzig
Louise Fryer presents a celebration of two venerable German performing groups - the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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Afternoon on 3 - European Festivals
Series of early music performances from some of 2009's most exciting European festivals
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Afternoon on 3 - European Summer Festivals 2007
Highlights from classical music gatherings across the continent
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Afternoon on 3 - Exile
Jonathan Swain presents BBC orchestras performing music with the theme of displacement, featuring works by composers who left their native countries
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Afternoon on 3 - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Series in which the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Sakari Oramo perform great classics, new music and rarely-heard Finnish scores
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Afternoon on 3 - Floridante
Handel Operas 2009: Presented by Penny Gore. Her guest is American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, who sings Elmira in Floridante. Alan Curtis conducts.
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Afternoon on 3 - Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra
Penny Gore presents performances focusing on the BBC Concert Orchestra, one of the nation's most versatile orchestras, featuring repertoire ranging from classical to jazz, via film and pop
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Afternoon on 3 - Folk Influences
Live and specially-recorded music by composers inspired by folk songs from across Europe, performed by different BBC orchestras
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Afternoon on 3 - Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Acts 1 and 2
Jonathan Swain presents the first two acts of the composer's most popular - and arguably best - opera, Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Featuring Marijana Mijanovic as Giulio Cesare.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Admeto, Acts 1 and 2
Louise Fryer presents Acts 1 and 2 of Admeto, the last of Handel's operas to be staged in the composer's lifetime. Starring Rene Jacobs and Rachel Yakar.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)
Handel Operas 2009: Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Starring Arleen Auger (soprano) and Della Jones (mezzo-soprano).
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Arianna in Creta (Acts 1 and 2)
Handel Operas 2009: Presented by Penny Gore. The series of Handel operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of Arianna in Creta. With soprano Miah Persson performing the central role.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Ariodante (Acts 1 and 2)
Handel Operas 2009: Presented by Louise Fryer. Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of Ariodante. Starring Janet Baker and James Bowman.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Arminio
Handel Operas 2009: As part of a complete cycle of Handel's operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Arminio. Starring mezzo Vivica Genaux and soprano Geraldine McGreevy.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Atalanta
Handel Operas 2009: Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's Atalanta, composed in 1736 for the wedding of Prince Frederick of Wales. The director is Nicholas McGegan.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Berenice, Queen of Egypt
Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's opera Berenice, Queen of Egypt, with Rudolph Palmer conducting the Brewer Chamber Orchestra in a recording from 1994.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Deidamia (Acts 1 and 2)
Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Radio 3's cycle of Handel operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of Deidamia, the last opera he wrote for the London stage.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Ezio (Acts 1 and 2)
As part of 2009's complete cycle of Handel operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's forgotten masterpiece Ezio. With Ann Hallenburg (mezzo).
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Faramondo
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's Faramondo. Another of the composer's neglected operas, it is a complex web of warring factions and mistaken identity.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Fernando, Re di Castiglia
A complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Fernando, Re di Castiglia, featuring countertenor Lawrence Zazzo and soprano Veronica Cangemi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Flavio
Louise Fryer presents Handel's Flavio, a tragi-comedy focusing on the politics and love triangles surrounding two families in the Royal court of Lombardy.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Hercules
Handel Operas 2009: Presented by Penny Gore. The Handel opera series continues with a performance of Hercules, featuring bass-baritone Gidon Saks and soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Poro, re dell'Indie - Acts 1 and 2
Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Poro, re dell'Indie. Presented by Penny Gore, in conversation with Graham Cummings.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Serse
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Radio 3's series of the complete Handel operas continues with Serse - a convoluted love intrigue set in the ancient world. With Anne Sofie von Otter.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Siroe
Radio 3's series of Handel operas continues with Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia, with Ann Hallenberg and Capella Coloniensis, directed by Andreas Spering.
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Afternoon on 3 - Handel: Tolomeo, Acts 1 and 2
Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deception and disguise. Plus the Ysaye Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 33.
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Afternoon on 3 - Heroes and Villains
Jonathan Swain presents a series featuring musical heroes and villains, as well as Haydn String Quartets, performed by BBC orchestras
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Afternoon on 3 - Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Swain presents some of the highlights of Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's hugely diverse repertoire, which they have explored together since 2003
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Afternoon on 3 - In Concert at the Concertgebouw
Concerts given at one of the world's finest concert halls - the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. With performances by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plus other visiting orchestras and ensembles
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Afternoon on 3 - International Orchestras
Louise Fryer presents a series featuring orchestras with truly international lineups of players. Plus Haydn string quartets, in conversation with Simon Rowland Jones
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Afternoon on 3 - Italy
Performances by the BBC Philharmonic, including pieces with an Italian theme - Italian works, Italian musicians and concerts given in Italy
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Afternoon on 3 - Joachim Legacy
A series of recitals marking the centenary of the death of violinist Joseph Joachim
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Afternoon on 3 - Kings and Queens
Series featuring music inspired by kings, queens and emperors, plus some of the less well-known works by romantic composer Bedrich Smetana in performances by the BBC Philharmonic
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Afternoon on 3 - Lucerne Festivals 2009
Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Lucerne Festival, including performances from Europe's top groups under their principal conductors
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Afternoon on 3 - Maestro - Herbert von Karajan and Friends
Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan
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Afternoon on 3 - Magical Mystery Tour
Jonathan Swain presents music exploring musical sorcery and the supernatural, with a particular line in enchanted islands
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Afternoon on 3 - Mahler
Series to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Mahler, with performances celebrating various facets of the composer's life and work
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Afternoon on 3 - Mahler - Conductor and Arranger
Louise Fryer presents a series of programmes focusing on Mahler's work as a conductor and arranger. In his lifetime he was more famous as a conductor than a composer
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Afternoon on 3 - Maida Vale 75th Anniversary
Louise Fryer presents a celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
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Afternoon on 3 - Mainly Mancunian
Series featuring performances by the BBC Philharmonic as well as highlights from the 2009 Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass in Manchester
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Afternoon on 3 - Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works
Penny Gore presents programmes featuring Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, with performances by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers
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Afternoon on 3 - Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle
A series of all five symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn, a Radio 3 Composer of the Year in 2009. Plus recordings of the BBC performing groups in other orchestral works he wrote
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Afternoon on 3 - Messiaen in Context
Series of performances of music by Messiaen's contemporaries and other composers he admired
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Afternoon on 3 - Musical Outsiders
Katie Derham presents performances of Elgar from non-British musicians, as well as works by composers who were regarded as musical outsiders
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Afternoon on 3 - New Generation Artists Chamber Music
Chamber music performed by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme
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Afternoon on 3 - New York Philharmonic
Katie Derham presents performances given at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center by the celebrated New York Philharmonic. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States
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Afternoon on 3 - Norway and Sweden
A chance to taste the musical life of Norway and Sweden, at an important time culturally for both nations
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Afternoon on 3 - On the Road
Series of programmes following the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra as they travel across the UK and Europe on tour
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Afternoon on 3 - On Tour
The BBC Orchestras and Singers travel the world with recordings from China, Spain and the Czech Republic, including the BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek at the 2008 Prague Spring Festival
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Afternoon on 3 - Orchestras of Radio France
Series of performances given in Paris by the city's two radio symphony orchestras: the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France
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Afternoon on 3 - Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007
Afternoon on 3 includes concerts and recitals from the Oxford Chamber Music Festival
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Afternoon on 3 - Piano Concertos
The piano has inspired composers to write more concertos than for any other instrument. Penny Gore introduces a varied selection of piano concertos, with well-loved works alongside lesser-known ones
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Afternoon on 3 - Presteigne Festival 2007
Music from the festival, including performers the Psophos Quartet and new commissions
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 10/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom which traces the musical cross-fertilisation between East and West, and France and Spain. Plus 4.15pm Aldeburgh 2008 highlights.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 12/Calefax Ensemble at Cheltenham
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom celebrating the music of Elgar, Delius and Holst. 4.15pm Cheltenham Festival highlights: Calefax ensemble.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 14/Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ades
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Holst's Choral Symphony, plus Delius and Elgar. Plus Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ades performing at Aldeburgh 2009.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 15
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring Smetana's The Bartered Bride, Bartok's Dance Suite, plus music by Martinu and Stravinsky.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 16/Andris Nelsons, Stephen Hough
With Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009: The Proms debut of Andris Nelsons. Casken: Orion over Farne. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 2. Stravinsky: The Firebird. Plus 4.15pm Piano Music.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 18/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
With Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the Bamberg SO in music inspired by old masters: Widmann: Con brio. Bruckner: Symphony No 3. Mozart: Violin Concerto.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 19/Berlioz, Mendelssohn
Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini overture and la mort de Cleopatre, plus Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 25/BBCNOW - Thierry Fischer
BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBCNOW in Berlioz: Overture (Les francs-juges); Symphonie funebre et triomphale. Jarrell: Sillages. Beethoven: Eroica. Plus chamber music.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 26/BBCNOW - Fischer
BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBCNOW in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto. Holliger: (S)irato. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts). Plus chamber music.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 28/BBC Philharmonic, Karen Geoghegan
BBC Proms 2009: BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto. Mahler: Symphony No 6. 4.30pm Piano recital: Gabriela Montero.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 29/BBC Philharmonic - Gianandrea Noseda
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBC Philharmonic's tribute to Italy, featuring music by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Maxwell Davies and Respighi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 30/BBC SO - Knussen
BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBC SO under Oliver Knussen. Respighi: Fountains of Rome. Helen Grime: Virga. Plus Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev (orch Casella).
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 31
The NYO's first Prom under Vasily Petrenko. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 (with Stephen Hough), as well as Lutoslawski and Respighi. Plus BBC Orchestras: Music by Arnell, Elgar.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 32
Another chance to hear a Prom in which the Britten Sinfonia is joined by three piano duos in music by Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski and Saint-Saens.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 33
Jonathan Swain presents the finale of Proms 2009 Piano Day. Antheil: Ballet mecanique. Adams: Grand Pianola Music. Bartok: Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion. Stravinsky: Les noces.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 34
BBC Proms 2009: Bournemouth SO/Karabits in Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (with Julian Rachlin). Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts); Hopak (Gayane).
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 36
A Prom in which Harry Christophers and The Sixteen perform Handel's choral hits, including four Coronation Anthems written for George II and excerpts from the oratorio Semele.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 38/Ravel, Unsuk Chin, Stravinsky
BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring the BBC SSO under Ilan Volkov. Ravel: La valse. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto (with Alban Gerhardt).
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 39/Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle
BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Jonny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver, plus Stravinsky's ballet Apollo and Act 2 of Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 40/Stravinsky, Beethoven
BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Stravinsky's ballet Orpheus and the annual performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 43/Falla, Andriessen, Ravel
BBC Proms 2009: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in Falla's Three Dances from El amor brujo, Louis Andriessen's The Hague Hacking and Ravel's ballet Mother Goose.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 44/Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak
BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Prokofiev, Bartok and Dvorak. Plus New Generation Artists: Music by Brahms and Haydn.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 46/Glanert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
BBC Proms 2009: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Detlev Glanert: Shoreless River. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (with Denis Matsuev - piano). Shostakovich: Symphony No 11.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 48/Liszt, Wagner, Berlioz
BBC Proms 2009: Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Liszt: Les Preludes. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde). Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 49/Mendelssohn, Berg
BBC Proms 2009: Members of Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Mendelssohn's Octet and Berg's Chamber Concerto, a musical monument to friendship.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 51/Haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms
BBC Proms 2009: BBC Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vanska. Haydn: Symphony No 101 (Clock). Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with Joshua Bell). Plus Strauss songs.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 52/Schnittke, Shostakovich
BBC Proms 2009: LSO/Valery Gergiev in Schnittke: Nagasaki, with Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) and the London Symphony Chorus. Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 53/Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn
BBC Proms 2009: OAE/Sir Roger Norrington perform Purcell, Handel and Haydn with Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), and Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3 in A minor.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 54/Michael Nyman
BBC Proms 2009: Michael Nyman makes his Proms debut, performing his well known works. Anu Komsi (soprano), Michael Nyman Band conducted by Michael Nyman (piano).
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 55/Adams, Mozart, Strauss
BBC Proms 2009: BBC SSO/Donald Runnicles in John Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 with Shai Wosner (piano). Strauss: Symphonia domestica.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
BBC Proms 2009: BBC SO/David Robertson in Stravinsky: Agon. Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56; Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 9/Craig Ogden
Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: The BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky perform lesser-known English works. Plus guitarist Craig Ogden at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival.
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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 9 - Mahler: Symphony No 9
Louise Fryer presents Bernard Haitink conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's 9th Symphony, recorded at the BBC Proms 2009.
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Afternoon on 3 - Proms 2009: Prom 1 (Repeat)
From the 2009 Proms. Incl Stravinsky: Fireworks. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 3. Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos. Elgar: In the South. Brahms: Alto Rhapsody. Bruckner: Psalm 150.
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Afternoon on 3 - Proms 2009: Prom 2 (Repeat)
Louise Fryer presents a performance of Haydn's Creation, given at the BBC Proms 2009. Paul McCreesh conducts a huge ensemble.
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Afternoon on 3 - Proms 2009: Prom 20 (Repeat)
Louise Fryer presents the SCO under Yannick Nezet-Seguin performing at the BBC Proms 2009. Stravinsky: Pulcinella. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor.
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Afternoon on 3 - Proms 2009: Prom 24 (Repeat)
Presented by Louise Fryer. Another chance to hear a Prom featuring From Trumpet, a new work by British composer Ben Foskett, Beethoven's Symphony No 4 and Berlioz's Te Deum.
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Afternoon on 3 - Proms 2009: Prom 8 (Repeat)
From the BBC Proms 2009, a celebration of the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge. Music by Vaughan Williams, Stanford, Jonathan Harvey, Judith Weir and Saint-Saens.
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Afternoon on 3 - Proms 2010 Repeats
Another chance to hear concerts from the 2010 BBC Proms season
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Afternoon on 3 - Radamisto - Act 3/Classic Relief
Handel Operas 2009: Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Radamisto. Plus Classic Relief: A special concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London, to raise money for Comic Relief.
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Afternoon on 3 - Radamisto - Acts 1 and 2
Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Radamisto, the first opera Handel wrote for the new Royal Academy of Music.
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Afternoon on 3 - Richard Hickox Tribute
Penny Gore introduces a tribute to the late conductor Richard Hickox, celebrating his commitment to English music and choral music with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Afternoon on 3 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Louise Fryer presents concert performances the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 2009-10 season, conducted by Ivan Fischer, Bernard Haitink and Mariss Jansons
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Afternoon on 3 - Russian Works
Jonathan Swain presents orchestral and operatic works with a Russian focus. With Debussy's Symphony in B minor, plus music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Stravinsky.
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Afternoon on 3 - Salzburg and Vienna
Highlights of Salzburg's 2008 music and arts festival, as well as performances by the Vienna Philharmonic
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Afternoon on 3 - Salzburg and Vienna 2009
Jonathan Swain introduces orchestral and chamber music from Salzburg and Vienna, including performances from 2009's Salzburg Festival
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Afternoon on 3 - Schubertiade Festival 2007
Series of recitals from the Schubertiade Festival, Scwarzenburg, Austria, in its 31st year
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Afternoon on 3 - Schumann
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, Katie Derham introduces performances of the Romantic composer's music from around Europe
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Afternoon on 3 - Schwetzingen Festival 2007
Performances from the festival of opera and classical music in Schwetzingen, Germany
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Afternoon on 3 - Shakesepeare and McCabe
Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of William Shakespeare and prolific composer/pianist John McCabe
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Afternoon on 3 - Sibelius and the Sibelius Academy
A series of performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself
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Afternoon on 3 - Song and Dance
Penny Gore presents performances given by the BBC Concert Orchestra, with music centring on song and dance
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Afternoon on 3 - Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups
A focus on the BBC's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of every year's BBC Proms performances, including on the first and last nights
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Afternoon on 3 - St Petersburg Conservatory
Series celebrating the rich legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory. Founded in 1861 by Anton Rubinstein, its list of alumni features many great figures in Russian and Soviet music
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Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2008
A celebrateion of the rich variety of music festivals that took place during the summer of 2008 in Europe and North America
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Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2009
Series celebrating the riches and diversity of 2009's musical summer, with visits to over 30 European festivals and performances by some of the world's great singers, instrumentalists and ensembles
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Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2010
Jonathan Swain celebrates 2010's musical summer, with performances from leading festivals in Europe and beyond, by some of the world's great singers, instrumentalists and ensembles
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Afternoon on 3 - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Louise Fryer presents a series of concert recordings made by the Stockholm-based Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Featuring performances tone poems by Strauss
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Afternoon on 3 - Telling the Tale
Louise Fryer takes listeners to a land of fairytales and stories, with excerpts from the large-scale ballet works of Prokofiev and Tchaikovksy
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Afternoon on 3 - The Big Concert Plus
Penny Gore presents a series celebrating all seven BBC performing groups with a concert each - from across the UK and Europe
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Afternoon on 3 - The Cello
Series casting the spotlight on the cello, with a great work for the instrument as part of each day's musical mix
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Afternoon on 3 - The Cleveland Orchestra
Series of programmes devoted to concerts by the Cleveland Orchestra, one of America's great orchestras. It was formed in 1918 and previous conductors have included George Szell, Boulez and Dohnanyi
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Afternoon on 3 - The Consolation of Philosophy
Penny Gore presents programmes featuring music inspired by philosophers and philosophical ideas. With pices inspired by philosophers ancient and Modern, from Plato to Wittgenstein
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Afternoon on 3 - The Genius of Mozart
Celebrating the music of Mozart with live and recorded performances of his works
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Afternoon on 3 - The Viola
Series focusing on music for the viola, considered to be the 'cinderella of the orchestra'. Including various concertos, sonatas as well as other works
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee
Series of sixteen operas recently recorded at some of the world's greatest opera houses
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Afternoon on 3 - Tod Handley: A Tribute
A tribute to Vernon 'Tod; Handley, digging deep in the BBC archives for recordings he made throughout his illustrious career, up to the present day
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Afternoon on 3 - Tone Poems
Louise Fryer presents a series focusing on the musical equivalent of poetry - tone poems. With a wide range of music performed by the BBC orchestras and Singers
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ Music
Marking 2008's centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, with music placing him the context of the tradition of French church and organ music
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism
Music placing Messiaen's music in the context of important themes in French musical history, with a focus on exoticism
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures
Music placing Messiaen in the context of significant themes in French music history and examining one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage
Music placing Messiaen's music in the context of important themes in French musical history, with a focus on opera and ballet performances
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Afternoon on 3 - Ulster Orchestra
Katie Derham showcases some of the Ulster Orchestra's most recent performances, with a special focus on women composers and premiere recordings of rediscovered works
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Afternoon on 3 - Ulster Orchestra Summer Series
The Ulster Orchestra performs music in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, as part of the 2009 BBC Summer Concert series. The themes include French connections, Irish piainists and Northern Ireland's composers
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Afternoon on 3 - Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations
Series of programmes focusing on music from each of the five nations of the British Isles, fronted by the Ulster Orchestra
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Afternoon on 3 - Untitled
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Baritone Ronan Collett with pianist Chris Glynn. 2.00pm Salzburg Festival. 4.00pm The Making of Music: 51/60. World War II: Those Who Stayed Put.
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Afternoon on 3 - Untitled
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Live from the Wigmore Hall, London. 2.00pm BBC orchestras focus on Welsh composers Mathias and Hoddinott. 4.00pm The Making of Music: 56/60. The Sixties.
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Afternoon on 3 - Vienna
Series of concerts featuring music and performers from Vienna - as well as played by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
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Afternoon on 3 - Wall2Wall, FiddleFest
A series of concerts recorded at the 2007 Fiddlefest, which takes place within the historic walls of Londonderry and showcases the violin in its many guises including jazz, traditional and classical
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