Ian Skelly presents music including piano pieces by Scarlatti and Schubert, a trumpet sonata by Purcell and a Hungarian dance by Brahms. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Carissimi's Jeptha; New Releases of Russian Music - Shostakovich and Prokofiev; Disc of the Week: Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues.
In a rare interview, Tom Service talks to composer Thomas Ades. He's one of the most successful classical composers of his generation and his works are performed all over the world. Show more
Catherine Bott explores the life of King Henri IV of France, known as the Green Gallant, as well as the music which accompanied both his life and his death. Show more
Presented by Fiona Talkington. Christian Poltera and Shai Wosner perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata in G minor and Brahms' Cello Sonata in E minor at Wigmore Hall. Show more
Lucy Duran and Max Reinhardt look back on the career of Charlie Gillett, a key figure in world music and former Radio 3 presenter who died early in 2010. Show more
Julian Siegel joins Alyn Shipton to assess the music of fellow saxophonist Joe Henderson, who was regarded as one of the finest exponents of the tenor sax in jazz. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
In a performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Maurizio Benini conducts Rossini's perceptive comedy of Neapolitan life and love, in a production set in the 1960s. Show more
A dark and funny radio poem in which writer Kate Clanchy listens to women across the country talking about the other mothers around them. With Adjoa Andoh and Zita Sattar. Show more
Music featuring the viola. Thomas Larcher: Still, for viola and chamber orchestra (soloist Kim Kashkashian). Morton Feldman: The Viola in My Life IV (soloist Marek Konstantynowicz). Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces premieres by Guto Puw, Andrew Lewis and Adrian Williams, performed at the 2010 Bangor New Music Festival by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Show more
Singer Gwyneth Herbert talks to Alyn Shipton about Ella Fitzgerald's musical legacy, including her work with Chick Webb and classic duets with Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan. Show more
John Shea presents music by Chopin, Mozart, Wanski, Handel, Boccherini, Ravel, Bruhns, Hummel, Locatelli, Debussy, Brahms, Boeck, Matteis, Hartmann, Berlioz, Haydn, Bach and Bridge. Show more
