Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Beethoven's Eighth Symphony, music from Smetana's Ma Vlast, and a berceuse by Frank Bridge. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Handel operas and oratorios; Disc of the Week: Violin Sonatas - Brahms, Schubert and Beethoven.
Walking from Orford to Sizewell in Suffolk ahead of the 2011 Aldeburgh Festival, Tom Service joins author Jules Pretty to discuss the relationship between creativity and landscape. Show more
Catherine Bott talks to Belgian singer and conductor Rene Jacobs about his outstanding career as both countertenor and conductor, and founder of the ensemble Concerto Vocale. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, Fiona Talkington presents a piano recital by Angela Hewitt of Bach and Chopin. Including Bach's French Suites Nos 2 and 3 and mazurkas by Chopin. Show more
Hari Sivanesan and Lucy Duran visit Lewisham to find out how Tamil Sri Lankans keep the idea of home alive in London. Including Hari and sarod player Soumik Datta in concert. Show more
Alyn Shipton is joined by John L Walters to reassess the career of Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson who died in an accident in 2007. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests, featuring the vocal stylings of Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day and Kurt Elling. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Martin Handley presents a performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride, starring Marina Poplavskaya and Johan Reuter. Show more
The story of flautist Guo Yue's musical childhood in Beijing and his fraught path to virtuosity during the Cultural Revolution, told through memories, music and sounds of China. Show more
Music from the 2010 Huddersfield Festival, by Olga Neuwirth and Mauricio Kagel, inspired by an artist's lost literary manuscripts and a patent application for a new instrument. Show more
Ivan Hewett presents recent Danish music from Bent Sørensen, Per Nørgård, Simon Steen-Andersen and Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen from the 2011 Sounds New festival in Canterbury. Show more
Alyn Shipton is joined by pianist Neil Cowley to select the best recordings of Erroll Garner, who was one of the most distinctive and original piano players in jazz. Show more
John Shea introduces a concert from the 2010 BBC Proms, with Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Douglas Boyd playing Dvorak and Mozart wind serenades. Show more