Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
Rob Cowan explores how English composers have depicted lands near and far, focusing on Britten in America, Holst in Japan and Delius in Florida. Plus Bach's Cantata No 135. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is historian and political biographer DR Thorpe. His choices include Elgar, Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Strauss, Wagner, Britten and Sibelius. Show more
To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, Catherine Bott explores the musical life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau who, as well as being a philosopher, was a keen composer and musician. Show more
Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 (soloist: Sol Gabetta). Mahler: Symphony No 5. Show more
From the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford. Show more
Composer Richard Blackford talks to Aled Jones about the emotive political issues that are the focus of his recent, chart-topping oratorios. Show more
Texts and music celebrating London, with readings by Eileen Atkins and David Jason. Includes Defoe, Dickens, Orwell, Eliot and Keats, plus Handel, Haydn, Walton, Britten and Elgar. Show more
Geneticist Steve Jones investigates crowd behaviour and finds that modern science disputes myths of mad mobs out of control. Show more
A comedy focusing on a famous duel between Elizabethan rivals the Earl of Oxford and Philip Sidney on a real tennis court. With Celia Imrie as Elizabeth I. Show more
As part of the World Routes Academy Lucy Duran travels to an accordion festival held in the north east of Colombia, and listens to indigenous music in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Show more
Claire Martin presents Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shabaka Hutchings in session at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, and pianist Lynne Arriale, who discusses her new album. Show more
John Shea's selection includes music influenced by the Turkish craze of the late 17th century. Show more
