Martin Handley presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. Show more
Suzy Klein presents music featuring early starters - composers and performers. Plus a new CD release, Suzy's gigs of the week and Mark Swartzentruber with an archive recording. Show more
Michael Berkeley is joined by novelist Marina Lewycka, whose choices include Baroque classics by Bach and Handel, plus Sibelius, Mozart and Berlioz. Show more
The Early Music Show
Scarlatti and Corelli: Music for a Bourbon
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Catherine Bott explores the stories surrounding the music and entertainments put on for the occasion of Philip V of Spain's visit to Naples in 1702. Show more
Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces listeners' requests, including Adriano Banchieri, Ian Bostridge in Britten folksong arrangements, a birthday tribute to Arvo Part and a work by Chausson. Show more
From St George's Chapel, Winsdor Castle. Show more
Stephen Johnson is joined by pianist Ashley Wass at the Birmingham Conservatoire to explore some of the intricacies and folk-music elements in Chopin's mazurkas and polonaises. Show more
Choir and Organ
The Joyful Company of Singers, Choir of the Year 2010
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Aled Jones and conductor Peter Broadbent discuss the Joyful Company of Singers's concert at 2010's Presteigne Festival. Plus more choirs competing in the Choir of the Year finals. Show more
Adaptation of BS Johnson's novel in which a sports journalist's memories of his dear, dead friend are triggered after he is sent to a northern city to cover a football match. Show more
An investigation into the meaning of archives, as curator Jamie Andrews looks through the materials writer John Berger donated to the British Library. Show more
Poetry, prose and music on a Scottish theme, with readings by Jimmy Yuill and Stella Gonet. Works by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and Sorley MacLean, plus MacMillan, Weir, Part and Bruch. Show more
Claire Martin presents a set from saxophonist Paul Towndrow and his Newology band, performed at Stereo in Glasgow as part of the 2010 Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Show more
Presented by Susan Sharpe. The Utrecht Festival series continues with more music by Purcell and performances by soprano Carolyn Sampson. Show more
