Katie Derham presents a refreshing selection of music. Show more
Suzy Klein presents music on the theme of emperors. With listeners' emails, a new release, Suzy's gig of the week and Mark Swartzentruber with a selection from the archives. Show more
Michael Berkeley meets jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, whose musical choices include works by Stravinsky, Debussy, Richard Strauss, Gershwin and Weather Report. Show more
The Early Music Show
Composer Portrait: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Catherine Bott presents a profile of Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, who despite being renowned as an organist and composer during his lifetime, died in poverty.
Chi-chi Nwanoku presents Radio 3 listeners' requests, including Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody and choral renditions of Schubert and Tchaikovsky. Show more
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Stephen Johnson explores Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, and plays excerpts and the full work from a recording of the Mass by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ancerl. Show more
Aled Jones presents highlights from the latest round of Choir of the Year 2010. Featuring choirs in the Youth and Adult categories. Show more
Garry Lyons' portrait of author Arthur Ransome before he found fame, when he lived a double life as a journalist and agent for both the Bolsheviks and the Foreign Office. Show more
Composer David Matthews and psychoanalyst Anthony Cantle trace the famous walk that Mahler and Freud took around the Dutch town of Leiden. Show more
Paul McGann and Kirsty Besterman read works on the theme of solitude by Wordsworth, Larkin, Whitman and Emily Dickinson. With music by Delius, Scriabin and Thelonius Monk. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a special edition from the 2010 London Jazz Festival, with Shabaka Hutchings Trio, Arun Ghosh Sextet and Outhouse featuring guest guitarist Hilmar Jensson. Show more
Presented by John Shea. Show more