Rob Cowan presents the Radio 3 breakfast show, including music for Easter Monday by Bach, Handel and Biber, and Prokofiev's suite from The Love for Three Oranges. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Rossini: Overture (La cenerentola). Janacek: Pohadka. Delibes: Suite (Coppelia). Medtner: Fairy tales (selection). Mahler: Der Spielmann (Das Klagende Lied). Show more
Taking five snapshots of Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on 1883, the year in which there was a changing of the guard in German music. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani performs Handel's Suite No 2, HWV427, plus sonatas by Scarlatti, a partita by Bach and a capriccio by Strauss. Show more
Louise Fryer with music from the 2009 Lucerne Festivals. Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder. Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll. George Benjamin: A Mind of Winter. Plus music by Schumann and Schubert. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Show more
Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performing the premiere of Kurt Schwertsik's Nachtmusiken, as well as Mahler's Symphony No 1. Show more
Matthew Sweet talks to leading scholars James Shapiro and Stanley Wells about the sexuality, thinking and identity of William Shakespeare. Show more
Taking five snapshots of Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on 1883, the year in which there was a changing of the guard in German music. Show more
Lucy Wooding, lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College, London, goes behind the familiar grandiose image of Henry, revealing his fears about losing the throne. Show more
Jez Nelson presents Mercury Prize-nominated band Polar Bear, recorded in concert at The Garage, Islington. The line-up features drummer and composer Sebastian Rochford. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Stravinsky, Chabrier, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Elgar, Brahms, Bruckner, Schumann, Merkel, Francaix, Kilar, Schubert, Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, Grieg. Show more