Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

with Sarah Walker, and her guest, the author, critic and broadcaster, Stephen Bayley who is an expert commentator on matters relating to style, taste and contemporary design. Show more

Donald Macleod explores the year 1707 in the life of Handel, as the largely unknown young composer arrives in Rome. Show more

British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and her regular accompanist Julius Drake perform a personal selection of French songs by Gounod, Saint-Saens, Faure, Satie, Hahn and Poulenc. Show more

Another chance to hear the the celebratory opening to the 2012 Proms. Four British conductors pass the baton in an all-English programme of music. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With live music and guests from the arts world, including pianist Kirill Gerstein, the Henschel Quartet plus tenor John Mark Ainsley. Show more

Donald Macleod explores the year 1707 in the life of Handel, as the largely unknown young composer arrives in Rome. Show more

John Adams conducts the combined Juilliard and Royal Academy Orchestras in Respighi's Roman Festival and his own City Noir and Imogen Cooper plays Ravel's Piano Concerto. Show more

Louise Fryer talks to guests from New York's Juilliard School of Music and London's Royal Academy of Music about their music colleges and transatlantic collaborations. Show more

John Adams conducts the combined Juilliard and Royal Academy Orchestras in his work City Noir. Show more

Norman Lebrecht in conversation with the Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and one of the hottest properties in classical music. Show more

Informal post-Prom jazz and poetry from emerging young artists - tonight featuring the Freddie Gavita Quartet and poet Zena Edwards.

Jon Boden, singer with folk big-band Bellowhead, reveals how post-apocalyptic literature by writers from John Christopher to Cormac McCarthy influences his work. Show more

Jez Nelson presents music from the inaugural Match and Fuse Festival in London, including the prog/funk-inspired World Service Project and Irish quartet RedivideR. Show more

John Shea presents a chamber recital of Russian music recorded in Switzerland, including works by Shostakovich, Schnittke and Stravinsky. Show more