Sara Mohr-Pietsch shares her musical enthusiasms. Plus at 7.50am a specially recorded Christmas carol from the BBC Singers under Bob Chilcott. Show more
With James Jolly. Dvorak: The Noon Witch. Zelenka: Miserere in C minor. Brahms: Violin Sonata No 2. Kodaly: Sonata, Op 8 (excpt). Haydn: Gypsy Piano Trio. Beethoven: Symphony No 5. Show more
Donald Macleod reveals how although Bach was hit by the devastating news of the death of his wife, his reaction was typically stoic, sowing the seeds of a music book for his son. Show more
Boris Giltburg in a piano recital from Glasgow. Chopin: Polonaises Nos 1 and 2, Op 26; Mazurka in A flat (ohne Opuszahl); Mazurka No 32; Ballades Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4. Show more
With Katie Derham. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. Plus the Berlin Philharmonic in Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op 16 and Mahler's Symphony No 9. Show more
From Chester Cathedral. Show more
Poetry, prose and music centring on altered states and visions, with readings by Jim Broadbent and Miranda Richardson. Includes Baudelaire and Blake, plus Ravel, Crumb and Cage. Show more
New Generation Artists
Alexandra Soumm, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Daniela Lehner, Benjamin Grosvenor
1 hour, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Alexandra Soumm (violin), Aimo Pagin (piano) in Ravel: Tzigane. Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet) in Shchedrin. Plus music from mezzo Daniela Lehner and Benjamin Grosvenor (piano). Show more
Martin Handley presents a Prom in which John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Monteverdi's choral masterpieces, Vespers. Show more
Night Waves
Alan Lomax, Will Self, Whistle and I'll Come to You, Philanthropy in the Arts
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Philip Dodd discusses Alan Lomax, an oral historian who created an irreplaceable archive of early American folk and Blues. Plus Will Self's idea of the year - Family Britain. Show more
Donald Macleod reveals how although Bach was hit by the devastating news of the death of his wife, his reaction was typically stoic, sowing the seeds of a music book for his son. Show more
Dr Mona Siddiqui explains the important role of Mary in Islam. Mary has her own chapter in the Koran, where she's mentioned more often than she is in the Gospels. Show more
With Max Reinhardt. Including Arvo Part's Summa, Lata Mangeshkar's This Season is the Season for Love, the Wexford Carol, Mahalia Jackson and A Christmas Jig for a Three Legged Cat. Show more
In the lead up to Christmas, Jonathan Swain presents Act 2 of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker performed by the BBC Philharmonic and the piano concerto no.1 with Stephen Hough. Show more
