Fiona Talkington presents music to mark Russia's National Day, plus Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Schumann: Piano Concerto; Rob Cowan on recent Dvorak symphony recordings; Disc of the Week: Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.
Tom Service meets young conductor Jonathan Nott, principal conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, and Robin Holloway considers the contemporary interest in Schumann's music. Show more
The Early Music Show
Ghostwriter: The Story of Henri Desmarest
16 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lucie Skeaping explores the extraordinary life and music of French composer Henri Desmarest, who was ghost writer of grands motets for one of Louis XIV chapel directors. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents Steven Osborne (piano) in a concert from the Wigmore Hall. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 25; Fantasie, Op 77. Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Corelli. Show more
Iraqi oud virtuoso Khyam Allami, the first recipient of the World Routes Academy scholarship, travels with Lucy Duran to explore new music in Beirut, Damascus and Amman. Show more
Alan Barnes joins Alyn Shipton to choose saxophonist Art Pepper's finest recordings, and also reveals his remarkable talents on the clarinet, on the tenor sax and as a composer. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
In a performance given at London's Coliseum, Martin Handley presents ENO's version of Janacek's tragic opera Katya Kabanova, starring Patricia Racette and Stuart Skelton. Show more
The Emerson String Quartet in Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat. Beethoven: Quartet in E flat (The Harp). Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor. Show more
The story of an encounter in the 19th century between native inhabitants of Western Australia and Spanish monks who arrived in the outback to set up a Benedictine monastery. Show more
Robert Worby presents Crash Ensemble in works by American minimalists Terry Riley and David Lang alongside young Irish composers Linda Buckley, Jonathan Nangle and Donnacha Dennehy. Show more
Alyn Shipton and Ian Smith select the best recordings by the inventive trumpeter Art Farmer. Including recordings with Gerry Mulligan, Horace Silver and Hank Mobley. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents music by Mendelssohn, Franck, Holliger, Prokofiev, Byrd, Britten, Haydn, Sibelius, Schubert, Durufle, Liszt, Duparc, Vivaldi, Kodaly, Ligeti, Bach and Grieg. Show more
