Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: baritone Gerard Souzay; sociologist Richard Sennett's favourite music; Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Symphony No 6 (Pastoral). Show more
Donald Macleod and biographer Andrew McGee consider Paganini's reputation as the virtuoso's virtuoso. Was he an unrivalled genius or a grotesque showman? Show more
A concert given at the Bath International MusicFest 2012 by Valeriy Sokolov (violin) and Evgeny Isotov (piano). Beethoven: Sonata No 6 in A, Op 30. Prokofiev: Sonata No 1, Op 80. Show more
Katie Derham presents a performance given at the Vienna State Opera of Johann Strauss II's evergreen operetta Die Fledermaus, conducted by Franz Welser-Most. Show more
In Tune
Tine Thing Helseth + TTHQ, William Towers and Emma Rivlin, Tze Law Chan
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and her jazz quintet TTHQ, and counter-tenor William Towers sings Handel. Show more
Donald Macleod and biographer Andrew McGee consider Paganini's reputation as the virtuoso's virtuoso. Was he an unrivalled genius or a grotesque showman? Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Les Talens Lyriques - Monteverdi, Castello, Fontana
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in madrigals by Monteverdi and his contemporaries: Castello and Fontana. Show more
The arts and ideas programme. Show more
Thomas Lynch, a Michigan-based undertaker and poet, remembers time spent with fellow Irish writer Michael Donaghy. Show more
Max Reinhardt's selection includes Berio and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Zespedes, Follow Fashion from Rocket Juice and the Moon, Coco-rojao No 04 by Caapa, and a piece by Arthur Russell. Show more
Presented by John Shea. From the Music in Paradise Festival in Poland, a selection of music by Telemann, Fasch, Mozart, Haydn and JC Bach performed by Les Ambassadeurs. Show more
