BBC - Radio 3 - Discovering Music for students

For music students

Episodes of Discovering Music of particular interest to 'A' level and Highers syllabuses:

4 March 06
Shall We Dance?
Helpful for students of world music.

11 March 06
Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet
Particularly useful for Edexel candidates studying 20th Century Art Music.
More online audio of Shostakovich's works.

25 March 06
Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Of general interest to music students.

1 April 06
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Podcast 1 - 7 April
Of interest to OCR 'A'level candidates

8 April 06
Schubert's Songs
Of particular interest to students on the AQA syllabus

22 April 06
Bruckner's Motets
Podcast 22 - 28 April

13 May 06
Haydn's Symphony No 60 'Il Distratto'
Especially of interest to Scottish Highers students.
Podcast 13 - 19 May

27 May 06
A Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
For OCR candidates

3 June 06
Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique
Podcast 3 - 9 June

17 June 06
Haydn / Telemann Trumpet Concertos
Podcast 17 - 23 June

1 July 06
Schubert's 5th Symphony
Podcast 1 - 7 July

25 March 2007
Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet
Useful for Edexcel students

Ways to listen to Discovering Music:

On the radio
Discovering Music is broadcast Sundays on Radio 3 17:00 - 18:30

In the Radio Player
Listen to each prgramme in the BBC Radio Player for 7 days after broadcast.

Downloads and podcasts
You can download a selection of Discovering Music programmes relevant to the 'A' level syllabus for a 7 day period from the day of broadcast.

A - Z online audio archive
You can listen to many Discovering Music programmes which have been archived online

Join the audience for a recording
Free tickets to recordings of Discovering Music are often available.