Katie Derham presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Show more
Iain Burnside investigates how composers have explored ideas of colour in their music. Music includes Michael Torke's Colour Music, plus Bach, Bliss and Scriabin. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is poet and artist Frieda Hughes. Her musical choices range from piano music by Beethoven and Chopin to Vivaldi, John Tavener, Holst and AC/DC. Show more
The Early Music Show
The Court of Mary, Queen of Scots
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
The Court of Mary, Queen of Scots: David McGuinness visits Stirling Castle and the Palace of Holyrood House to learn about music which may have been performed during Mary's reign. Show more
Fiona Talkington introduces another selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including Mozart's ninth Piano Concerto, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Delius's Sea Drift. Show more
Choral Evensong from Peterborough Cathedral. Show more
Stephen Johnson examines The Confession of Isobel Gowdie with its composer James MacMillan and considers the impact of the composer's Scottish heritage on his work in general. Show more
Aled Jones is joined by Ronald Corp, director of the New London Children's Choir. He also discusses the Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf and Hearing Children with actress Josette Simon. Show more
By Madame de la Fayette. A classic tale of a naive young lady who becomes helplessly and dangerously caught up in matters of love. Translated and freely dramatised by Jo Clifford. Show more
Marybeth Hamilton tells the story of the invention of ethnographic fieldwork by Bronislaw Malinowski in the early years of the 20th century. Show more
Poetry, prose and music on a Scottish theme, with readings by Jimmy Yuill and Stella Gonet. Works by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and Sorley MacLean, plus MacMillan, Weir, Part and Bruch. Show more
Claire Martin presents sets from Edinburgh's Jazz Bar, as part of a series of Radio 3 programmes from Scotland. With bassist Martin Zenker and his international group. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents music by Martinu, Gershwin, Bernstein, Shostakovich, Telemann, Kuula, Suolahti, Wagner, Pezel, Haydn, Schubert, Kodaly, Jardanyi, Debussy and Boieldieu. Show more
