Martin Handley shares his personal choice of music, including Pierné's Marche de petits soldats de plomb and the scherzo from Litolff's Concerto Symphonique No 4. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op 50; Andreas Scholl on his new Purcell CD; Disc of the Week - Schumann: Humoreske in B flat, Op 20. Show more
Tom Service visits two European Capitals of Culture 2011 - Tallinn in Estonia and Turku in Finland - to learn about the music of both cities. Including an interview with Arvo Part. Show more
The Early Music Show
Harmonic Inspiration: Vivaldi's "L'Estro Armonico"
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Harmonic Inspiration: Lucie Skeaping explores Vivaldi's ground-breaking set of concertos for one, two or four violins entitled L'Estro Armonico. Show more
From the Wigmore Hall, London, Suzy Klein presents the ATOS Trio performing two of Mozart's greatest piano trios. Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K496; Piano Trio in B flat, K502. Show more
Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of ocean communities, sampling sounds in Galicia in Spain, Papua New Guinea, Salvador da Bahia in Brazil and the Solomon Islands. Show more
In the first of 2011's Listener Feedback editions, Alyn Shipton presents music to add to Jazz Library's recommendations from the previous four months. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Gianandrea Noseda conducts Marina Poplavskaya and Matthew Polenzani as the ill-fated lovers in Verdi's ever-popular opera La Traviata. Show more
Poet James Crowden experiences the wide range of sheep communication at lambing time in the dead of night, as well as the talk between shepherds and their sheep. Show more
Musical evocations of rain: Toru Takemitsu: Rain Coming. Judith Weir: The Welcome Arrival of Rain. Barry Guy: After the Rain. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present highlights from the 2010 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including works from Enno Poppe, Mauricio Kagel and Michael Finnissy. Show more
Catherine Bott examines Bach's cantata collaboration with author Mariane von Ziegler - a unique relationship which brought a woman's voice into the male-dominated Lutheran church. Show more
Susan Sharpe introduces a recital by young violinist Markus Placci, featuring music by Brahms, Stravinsky and Enescu. Show more
