Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. Show more

With Sarah Walker. Rossini: Overture (The Italian Girl in Algiers). Mozart: Die Zauberflote (excerpt). Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat. Scriabin: Etudes. Durufle: Requiem. Show more

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim joins Donald Macleod to focus on three of his stage works - Passion, The Frogs and Road Show. Show more

The Elias String Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary to perform Schubert's String Quintet in C, D956, at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Show more

Penny Gore presents music performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, including Haydn: Harmoniemesse. Plus works by Mussorgsky (orch Ravel), Kancheli and Beethoven. Show more

A selection of music and guests from the arts world.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Takacs Quartet perform Beethoven String Quartets at London's Wigmore Hall. Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3; in E minor, Op 59 No 2; in E flat, Op 127. Show more

Ian McMillan is joined by authors and poets for Radio 3's cabaret of the word, including the announcement of the winner of the Chekhov short story competition. Show more

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim joins Donald Macleod to focus on three of his stage works - Passion, The Frogs and Road Show. Show more

Science fiction writer Ian Watson recalls working with famously perfectionist film director Stanley Kubrick, asking how the time spent shut away with him marked his life and career. Show more

Mary Ann Kennedy presents CDs from across the globe and a studio session from Razia Said, a Malagasy singer whose new album Zebu Nation rediscovers the roots music of the island. Show more

John Shea presents music including Halevy's La Juive, plus Berlioz, Poulenc, Satie, Faure, Ward, Bach, Mozart, Kreisler, Vivaldi, Kroll, Roukens, Biber, Bartok and Tchaikovsky. Show more