Martin Handley presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library - Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder; conductor Paul Hillier on recording Weill; Disc of the Week: Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sebastien; Khamma. Show more
In an audience discussion from the Sage, Gateshead, as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking festival, Tom Service is joined by an expert panel to ask what is the purpose of music. Show more
Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert given by members of the early music group Sequentia, with texts and music from different cultures on the subject of the end of time. Show more
Khatia Buniatishvili in a piano recital from the Wigmore Hall, London. Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op 17. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1. Stravinsky: Three movements from Petrushka (1921). Show more
Lucy Duran presents highlights from WOMEX, the annual gathering of the world music industry. Music from accordion player Maria Kalaniemi, singer Danyel Waro and Welsh band Mabon. Show more
Pianist Martin Litton joins Alyn Shipton to select the best of pianist Teddy Wilson's work, including his own short-lived big band, solo recordings and many more recent trios. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
Presented by Suzy Klein. In a performance from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, French specialist Daniel Oren conducts Gounod's version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Show more
A historic first as BBC Radio 3 and 5 live join together for a live debate. Come and take sides as a team of 5 live sports fans battle with a panel of Radio 3 arts lovers. Show more
Kerry Shale reads the Wallace Stevens poem The Man with the Blue Guitar, inspired by Pablo Picasso's painting The Old Guitarist. With new blues guitar music by Martin Simpson. Show more
Robert Worby presents music from 2010's Cut & Splice festival, whose theme is 'transmission'. With Nicolas Collins, Resonance Radio Orchestra and Keith Rowe. Show more
South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela joins Alyn Shipton to select highlights from his recording career, including his work with the Jazz Epistles and his records with Dudu Pukwana. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
