Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Chopin's Nocturne in E flat, the Scherzo from Beethoven's Septet, and Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz. Show more
Rob Cowan presents a sequence of great music in classic recordings. Show more
Donald Macleod presents music from the early part of Handel's career in Italy where he cut his teeth as an opera composer. Show more
From the Wigmore Hall, London, Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) and Jose Gallardo (piano) perform music by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Boulanger and Astor Piazzolla. Show more
Including Brahms: Academic Festival Overture. Strauss: Festliches Praeludium. Schubert: Death and the Maiden. Handel: Oratorio: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Part 1). Show more
Helena Bonham Carter and Hugh Bonneville feature in a sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring some of life's turning points. Show more
New Generation Artists
Khatia Buniatishvili, Ruby Hughes, the Signum Quartet, Nicolas Alstaedt
1 hour, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) in Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor. Ruby Hughes (soprano) in Schumann: Mary Stuart Songs. Signum Quartet in Dvorak: String quartet in G, Op 106. Show more
From St John's, Smith Square, London, Petroc Trelawny presents Britten's Ceremony of Carols, with harpist Sally Pryce joining the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Show more
Stephen Johnson explores Britten's first major work for children's chorus, his cantata Saint Nicolas. It typifies Britten's goal to his music accessible and meaningful to everyone. Show more
From St John's, Smith Square in London, Stephen Layton conducts a peformance of Britten's St Nicolas, featuring tenor Alan Clayton and a variety of choirs. Show more
As part of a series of special editions examining the cultural forces affecting our lives, Matthew Sweet explores the artistic endeavours shaping the 21st century. Show more
Focusing on Little Dorritt, Tessa Hadley explores how Dickens paints the reality of his world through his characters' houses, and reveals how significant houses are her own writing. Show more
Jez Nelson presents highlights from the 2011 GIO Festival in Glasgow. With avant-garde Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii, and the GIO themselves, performing a newly-commissioned work. Show more
With Jonathan Swain. Christmas music for the Orthodox Church, the oratorio The Nativity by Romanian Paul Constantinescu. Show more
