Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's breakfast show. Including the Gloria from Tallis's Missa Puer Natus est, Barber's School for Scandal overture, and a Paganini Caprice. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: Colin Davis conducting Walton's Symphony No 1; Rob's Essential Choice: Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15. Show more
Composer of the Week
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Episode 3: Handel and the Age of the Celebrity Singer
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on three of the most important singers in Handel's career: Senesino, the castrato, as well as rival sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bernardi. Show more
Elisabeth Leonskaja in a recital given at LSO St Luke's. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor (Pathetique); Piano Sonata No 9 in E, Op 14; Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat. Show more
Music from 2011's continental festivals. Featuring Bruckner's Symphony No 5 in B flat performed at the Lucerne Festival and Mozart's Ave verum corpus from Salzburg Mozart Week. Show more
From Portsmouth Cathedral. Show more
Poetry, prose and music on the theme of power, with readings by Sheila Hancock and Tom Hollander. Works are by Shelley, Hughes and Kipling, plus Prokofiev, Ligeti and Handel. Show more
New Generation Artists
Nicolas Altstaedt, Escher Quartet, Tom Arthurs
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) in Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata in G, BWV1027. Escher Quartet in Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op 41. Plus Tom Arthurs: Four Pieces. Show more
The Tallis Scholars perform music for the Nativity Journey, by Palestrina, Michael Praetorius and Hieronymus Praetorius. Including Palestrina's Missa Ave Maria. Show more
In a series of special editions examining the cultural forces affecting our lives, Philip Dodd looks at how greed is shaping the 21st century. Show more
Taking an excerpt from Nicholas Nickleby, novelist AL Kennedy explores Charles Dickens's - and her own - literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death. Show more
Fiona Talkington with traditional music from Tahiti, a Christmas motet by Poulenc, a new release from electronic artist Leila, and an excerpt from Ian Vine's 40 Works for Richard. Show more
Jonathan Swain introduces a performance of the Scarlatti Christmas cantata Cinque Profeti. Show more
