A glorious Friday Night is Music Night BBC Radio 3 tonight, as the BBC Concert Orchestra performs music by Korngold, Nigel Hess and more - with guest artists Louise Dearman and Graham Bickley. Recorded at Alexandra Palace and hosted by Petroc Trelawny: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Excited for the London premiere of My Beloved Man as part of Classical Pride at Barbican Centre

Come and hear letters Britten & Pears wrote to one another over their 39-yr relationship - read by Petroc Trelawny - alongside gorgeous music conducted by Nicholas Chalmers

Friday Breakfast is live BBC Radio 3 w/a brand new recording of Víkingur Ólafsson playing Bach, Ugandan composer Justinian Tamusuza leads us on the way of the cross, Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita listen to the Grass Grow and Kathryn Simmonds recycles April in our Friday poem. Join us

Do read the rich obits for Paul Fox, BBC titan who came to Britain on the first Kindertransport, revolutionised sport and news broadcasting, and controlled BBC1 and Yorkshire TV with style and elan The Guardian theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2… The Times and The Sunday Times (£) thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-pa…

Good Morning. Breakfast is served until 0930 BBC Radio 3 Tan Dun paints music in watercolours, a nonet from the Franco-English composer George Onslow,
Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan finds Rachmaninov in Rome and Grazyna Bacewicz in neo-classical mood. Come and join us.

much looking forward to this ….

Some people exist behind the scenes and make so much possible without anyone really knowing. Sir Stephen Oliver was such a person, saving Blackheath Halls in 80s, tirelessly supporting London Sinfonietta Britten Pears Arts and more. He was a great man and sadly died on Monday evening.

Petroc Trelawny some wonderful music in #Camborne on 20th May to raise money for people suffering from #Cancer in #Cornwall

Breakfast BBC Radio 3 Today music treasure doubled as Webern arranges Strauss, April showers w/Bambi, Ned Rorem & William Alwyn, Agathe Backer Grøndahl – Norwegian friend of Grieg, student of Liszt, and 17 year old Josette Daydé welcomes a cuckoo. Now live for an extra half hour.

Today BBC Radio 3 Breakfast music treasure doubled as Webern arranges Strauss, April showers w/Bambi, Ned Rorem & William Alwyn, Agathe Backer Grøndahl – Norwegian friend of Grieg, student of Liszt, and 17 year old Josette Daydé welcomes a cuckoo. Now live for an extra half hour.

strange light over Covent Garden this afternoon ⁦The Royal Ballet⁩

under the bridge and through the stage door. Just arrived ⁦Royal Opera House⁩ for tonight’s ⁦The Royal Ballet⁩ MacMilllan Triple Bill - live to cinemas across the UK with ⁦Darcey Bussell⁩

Good Morning - Breakfast is live until 9.30 BBC Radio 3 Today New Gen. Elisabeth Brauss plays Scarlatti, Lili Boulanger watches a country parade, Leonard Bernstein conducts Aida and Nico Muhly helps Iestyn Davies search for lambs. Come and join us.

great that John Simpson is on his way to Britain’s best theatre …

Breakfast is live BBC Radio 3 Today Lehar conjures up music gold & silver, Judith Weir sets William Blake, Dvorak writes music ‘melodious and simple’ while staying in rural Iowa and Marin Alsop leads us into a nightclub with James P Johnson. Come join us - on air til 0930.

Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano, on enjoyable Perfect Pitch Nick Hely Hutchinson played by my two favourite virtuosos @StevevenIsserlis Stephen Hough Loved the empathetic conversation between the two, the finale made me smile. A pleasure for me and, I suspect, for them.

Remarkable singing from ⁦Rodolfus Foundation⁩ at Holy Trinity Prince Consort Road marking the choir’s 40th birthday. And we all got to sing CHH Parry ….

Dear, oh dear. What is the point of such bullying towers in old streets when office blocks are emptying in Docklands?

Exciting news. So pleased for Andrew and for my wonderful Britten Pears Arts colleagues. The next chapter for this very special organisation will soon be written.

Friday Breakfast is on air BBC Radio 3 Previn conducts the LSO in Sleeping Beauty, Goethe tells of C16 love and politics and Beethoven provides the music, Robert Russell Bennett's Wallflower Waltz and John Tavener writes a work for Nicola Benedetti. Join us - now live until 0930.