Fiona Talkington presents Breakfast. Music by Arthur Sullivan, piano music by Balakirev, and one of Wagner's overtures are included in today's programme. Show more
Suzy Klein presents great music, listeners' emails, her gig of the week and a new CD. Plus Mark Swartzentruber with a vintage gem. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is artist Douglas Gordon, who chooses Bach, Schubert, Puccini, Strauss and Faure, plus Joy Division, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed and Cornelius Cardew. Show more
Catherine Bott talks to Owen Rees about the musical legacy of King Joao IV of Portugal. He was an accomplished composer and had the biggest music library in Europe. Show more
Chi-chi Nwanoku presents another selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including a trio of Tchaikovsky miniatures, and woodland inspired fantasies by Schumann and Henri Rabaud. Show more
From the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch joins Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music to unpick some of the musical ideas in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1, 3 and 6. Show more
Aled Jones explores the idea of dance in choral music, introducing complete performances of two major choral ballets: Stravinsky's Les noces and Holst's The Golden Goose. Show more
Don Taylor's translation of Euripides's tragicomedy about a war in the Middle East fought for the flimsiest of reasons. With Frances Barber, James Purefoy and Paul Ritter. Show more
Tristram Hunt traces the influence of the romantic 'Young England' movement, led by Benjamin Disraeli in the 1840s, on 'Young Ireland', which sought Irish freedom. Show more
Mackenzie Crook and Jason Isaacs explore male fragility in Russian literature. With music by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Schnittke. Show more
In a concert from the Barbican in London, Julian Joseph and Geoffrey Smith explore the history of the British big band. Guests include Cleo Laine, Wynton Marsalis and Stan Tracey. Show more
Presented by Susan Sharpe. Trio Wanderer perform two works each by Haydn and Mendelssohn. Show more