Katie Derham presents music, news and the occasional surprise. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library - Brahms: 4 Serious Songs; New Mahler recordings, including Symphonies Nos 2, 9 and 4; Disc of the Week - Rossini: Stabat Mater. Show more
Music Matters
Henley Review, Anna Nicole Smith, Percy Grainger, Daniel Harding
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Presented by Tom Service. Education secretary Michael Gove, the opera Anna Nicole Smith, the life and music of Percy Grainger, and an interview with conductor Daniel Harding. Show more
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of viol consort Fretwork and talks to founder member Richard Boothby. Repertoire includes music by Lawes, Bach and Senfl. Show more
Violinist Renaud Capucon and pianist Frank Braley perform at the Wigmore Hall, London. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 5 in F (Spring Sonata); Violin Sonata No 7 in D minor, Op 3. Show more
Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran focus on the music of mountain communities around the world, visiting Switzerland, Nepal and the Solomon Island. Show more
Biographer Stephen Bourne joins Alyn Shipton to select highlights from the recordings of singer and actress Ethel Waters, a powerful and influential star in the 1930s and 40s. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
From New York's Metropolitan Opera, John Adams conducts the Met debut of his 1987 opera Nixon in China, starring baritone James Maddalena in the role which he made his own. Show more
By Oliver Emanuel. A man and woman meet alone in a hotel room in Iran for the first time. Their choice is illegal and if they are caught, the consequences could be terrible. Show more
Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music from the 2010 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, by Rebecca Saunders, Richard Barrett and Brian Ferneyhough. Show more
Catherine Bott is joined by author Jonathan Keates to discuss the poets and texts Purcell set, showing the great range and versatility in his use of words. Show more
John Shea presents a concert from Zagreb from 2010, including Strauss's Four Last Songs and the tone poem Death and Transfiguration, plus an archive Sviatoslav Richter recital. Show more