Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including a sonata by Geminiani, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1, and music from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Show more
A programme of music interspersed with intelligent comment. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is former BBC political editor John Sergeant, whose musical choices include Mahler, Kurt Weill, Bartok, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and John Adams. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the work of 18th century Scottish composer James Oswald, who rose from humble beginnings in Fife to be the official chamber music composer to George III. Show more
Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic, the Manchester Chamber Choir and soloists. Bach: Cantata for the first day of Christmas (Christmas Oratorio). Bruckner: Symphony No 6. Show more
Choral Evensong
Advent Carol Service - St John's College, Cambridge
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
A Service for Advent with carols, from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge. Show more
Aled Jones makes his selection from the fascinating and diverse body of choral music by Benjamin Britten, a composer whose put singing at the very centre of his creative life. Show more
Texts and music celebrating the 1851 Great Exhibition, with readings by Scott Handy and Catherine Harvey. With William Carlos Williams and Wordsworth, plus Morley, Mosolov, Bartok. Show more
Professor Humayun Ansari from Royal Holloway, University of London tells the story of mosques in Britain, going back three centuries. Show more
August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a brother and sister clashing over a magnificent piano carved with the faces of their ancestors. Show more
Lucy Duran visits the National Museum of Scotland to explore the archive of pioneering ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins, who helped lay the ground for the modern world music scene. Show more
Claire Martin presents concert sets from pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Gilad Atzmon. Plus Now Is the Time, with Kevin LeGendre profiling Tania Maria's album Come With Me. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents the Miro Wind Quintet in a concert featuring music by Francaix, Ligeti, Taffanel and Malcolm Arnold. Show more
