Martin Handley presents music, news and the occasional surprise. Show more
Iain Burnside celebrates wood, exploring tonal properties as well as its wider cultural resonances. With music from Mozart and Vieuxtemps as well as Evelyn Glennie. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is playwright Lee Hall. His musical choices include Alfred Deller singing Purcell and Maurizio Pollini playing Schumann, plus Conlon Nancarrow and Messiaen. Show more
Catherine Bott explores the life and music associated with Marie Salle, one of the most revolutionary and successful dancers of her age. She acted as a muse to Handel and Rameau. Show more
Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces listeners' requests, including Verdi's Requiem and a unique recording of Brahms's Second Cello Sonata performed by Jacqueline Du Pre and Daniel Barenboim. Show more
From the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Show more
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Michal Dworzynski are joined by the Danel String Quartet to explore the music and ideas behind Shostakovich's 9th Symphony. Show more
Choir and Organ
John Armitage Memorial Trust/Choral Competition/Sport Relief
1 hour, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Aled Jones marks ten years of the John Armitage Memorial Trust and explores its growing legacy of new music for voice, brass and organ. Plus Britain's newest choral competition. Show more
Written by Debbie Tucker Green. A young woman has gone missing. She is described by a group of people whose lives she touched in some way on the last day she was seen. Show more
Marking the death of John Dankworth's in 2010, another chance to hear an account of his visit to South Africa 50 years after he gave a series of concerts there. Show more
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the subject of healing, with readings by Celia Imrie and Bill Paterson. Including HG Wells, plus Wagner, Adams, Durufle and Sting. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a piano edition, with Eric Legnini discussing his new CD, plus part of a Hank Jones set, with George Mraz (bass), Willie Jones (drums) and James Moody (sax). Show more
John Shea with music, including Stradella's San Giovanni Battista, plus Liszt, Marais, Debussy, Fux, CPE Bach, Veracini, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rodrigo and Falla. Show more