Katie Derham presents music including Mascagni's famous Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Sibelius's Finlandia, and the second movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2. 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 is joined by interior designer Nicky Haslam. His choices include songs by Eddie Condon, Frank Loesser and Borodin, plus Charpentier, Puccini, Bizet and Korngold. Show more
The Passacaglia: Lucie Skeaping traces the history and development of the dance-based form passacaglia, from its origins in Iberian street music to the great organ works by Bach. Show more
A selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests.
From the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the music of Australian-born composer Brett Dean in the company of the man himself, and with soprano Claire Booth and members of the BCMG. Show more
Aled Jones and choral director Ken Burton explore the wide range of choral music inspired by the theme of freedom, including Poulenc's epic hymn to liberty, Figure humaine. Show more
A new play by Frederic Raphael about the Roman poet Catullus's love affair with a beautiful aristocrat and his life as a rebellious young poet among Caesar, Cicero and Pompey. Show more
Adam Smith travels to Richmond, Virginia, the heart of the Southern Confederacy, to uncover the dramatic contradictions at the South's heart and the war it waged. Show more
The art of doing nothing, with music by Hoagy Carmichael, Debussy and The Kinks and words by Keats, Jerome K. Jerome and Tennyson read by Claudie Blakley and Tony Haygarth. Show more
Kevin LeGendre presents the first broadcast of some of Buck Clayton compositions, with the Buck Clayton Legacy Band. Plus Bobby McFerrin, who features in Now Is the Time. Show more
Karishmeh Felfeli presents highlights from the 2010 BBC Proms. In the first 'Beethoven' night, Paul Lewis performs Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 4 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Show more
