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Saturday 4 - Friday 10 October 6.30-9.00am

A Brahms Hungarian Dance every day at 7.00am on Radio 3’s Breakfast.

Saturday 4 October 9.30am

Ivan Hewett with a survey of recordings of Brahms’ G minor Piano Quartet.

Sunday 5 October 9.00am-12.00pm

Rob Cowan plays a legendary recording of Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F.

Sunday 5 October 4.00-5.30pm

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Brahms’ choral works with Katy Hamilton.

Monday 6 - Friday 10 October 9.00am-12.00pm

Rob Cowan celebrates performers who he believes reveal the emotion in Brahms’ great works, every day at 10.30am.

Monday 6 - Friday 10 October 12.00-1.00pm and 6.30-7.30pm

Donald McLeod tells the story of the relationship between Brahms and Robert and Clara Schumann.

Monday 6 October 10.00pm

Performances of Brahms by Radio 3 New Generation Artists.

Monday 6 - Friday 10 October 2.00-4.30pm

Afternoon on 3 features performances by the .

Monday: Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D

Tuesday: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor with Nelson Goerner

Wednesday: Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F

Friday: Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Monday 6 - Friday 10 October 4.30-6.30pm

Suzy Klein with Brahms choral works throughout the week and live performances in the studio by pianist, Peter Donohoe and the Gould Piano Trio.

Monday 6 - Friday 10 October 7.30-10.00pm

Every night this week Live in Concert from Bristol for the Brahms Experience. Tom Service presents.

Monday 6 October 7.30pm: from . Skampa Quartet and Robert Plane (clarinet)

Brahms - String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2

Dvorak - String Quartet in F, Op. 96 (American)

In the interval, Robert Plane discusses Brahms’s relationship with clarinettist Richard Muhfeld.

Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Tuesday 7 October 7.30pm: from . Daniel Hope (violin) and Sebastian Knauer (piano)

Brahms - Scherzo (FAE Sonata)

Clara Schumann - Romance, Op. 22 No. 1

Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

In the interval Tom Service talks to Daniel Hope

Mendelssohn - Two songs

Joachim - Romanze in C

Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78

Wednesday 8 October 7.30pm: from Bristol’s .

Veronika Eberle (violin), Andreas Brantelid (cello), and conductor Tadaaki Otaka.

Brahms - Academic Festival Overture

Brahms - Concerto in A minor for violin, cello and orchestra

Brahms - Symphony No. 1

Thursday 9 October 7.30pm: from .

conducted by David Hill, with Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva (pianos).

Brahms - Geistliches Lied, Op. 30

Brahms - Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56

In the interval, Tom Service talks to Canon Rosie Harper about the theological, spiritual and musical landscape of Brahms’ Requiem.

Friday 10 October 7.30pm: from .

Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

Brahms alongside works by Bach and Beethoven.

Brahms - Ballade No. 1 in D minor, Op. 10, Intermezzo in A flat, Op. 76 No. 3, Intermezzo in A minor Op. 76 No. 7, Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116 No. 7.

In the interval - The Trouble with Brahms. Tom Service is joined by Katy Hamilton and Caroline Rae debate the issues around the composer and his music.

Brahms - Ballade in B, Op. 10 No. 4

Brahms - Intermezzo in B minor Op. 118 No. 4

Monday 6 - Friday 10 October 10.45-11.00pm

Every night this week an aspect of Brahms’ life and times.

Monday 6 10.45pm: Public Brahms, Private Brahms. National Loges contrasts Brahms’ famously gruff public persona with his tender private side.

Tuesday 7 10.45pm: Writer Lesley Chamberlain investigates how Brahms was influenced by the natural world.

Wednesday 8 10.45pm: Brahms and Germany. Natasha Loges explores the nationalist elements in Brahms’ music.

Thursday 9 10.45pm: Brahms and Freud. Brahms and Freud lived in Vienna in the 1890s. Lesley Chamberlain asks what can be learnt by setting them side by side.

Friday 10 10.45pm: Brahms and the Future. Natasha Loges considers Brahms’ views on his own legacy.

Monday 6 October - Friday 10 October 12.30-6.30am

Featuring Brahms performances from around Europe including Brahms German Requiem, Serenade No. 2, String Sextet No. 1 in B flat Op. 18, and Violin Concerto in D.

On the morning of 7 October, you can hear a complete ´óÏó´«Ã½ Prom from 17 August 2013:

• Brahms - Tragic Overture (starts midnight 30)
• Schumann – Symphony No.4 (starts 00:44)
• Brahms – German Requiem (starts 01.13 and ends 02.17)

Rachel Harnisch (soprano),

Henk Neven (baritone),

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment,

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,

Marin Alsop (conductor)