Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms and dips into his rucksack for a surprise or two. Show more

With James Jolly. Widor: Toccata (Symphony No 5). Escalada: Canten dos jilguerillos. Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor. Myers: Cavatina. Show more

Donald Macleod finds out what life was like at the MacDowell Colony for early residents such as composers Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Show more

Recital given by Michael Collins (clarinet) and Michael McHale (piano). Bax: Clarinet Sonata in D. Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op 23. Howells: Clarinet Sonata. Gregson: Tributes. Show more

Christopher Cook presents the BBC Singers under Robert Hollingworth in a conert from St George's Church in Campden Hill, London. Plus the Ulster Orchestra in music by Martinu. Show more

From Winchester College. Show more

Sean Rafferty presents a Christmas special from the BBC Radio Theatre, with live performances from Chapelle du Roi, Doric String Quartet, the Dufay Collective and Alistair McGowan. Show more

A piano recital by Rafal Blechacz. Bach: Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV825. Szymanowski: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor. Debussy: Pour le piano. Chopin: Ballade No 2; 2 Polonaises. Show more

Anne McElvoy discusses stammering, the subject of the award-winning film The King's Speech, in which Colin Firth acts out King George VI's struggle with his speech impediment. Show more

Donald Macleod finds out what life was like at the MacDowell Colony for early residents such as composers Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Show more

Historian of radio David Hendy discusses how chess was played and lost on the Third Programme. Show more

Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from choral group Stile Antico, bluesman Leadbelly and accordion player Antti Paalanen. Show more

Jonathan Swain presents a Chopin Year anniversary concert from Warsaw, featuring pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Show more