Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Opera overtures conducted by Albert Wolff; Rob's Essential Choice: Dvorak: Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig, focusing on how Bach began to retreat from his church duties to focus on his own projects. Show more
L'Arpeggiata celebrates the tarantella - a dance which was said to cure the symptoms of a tarantula spider bite. With works by Falconieri, Kapsberger, Kircher and Soler. Show more
A Prom in which Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Beethoven: Symphony No 8. Boulez: Anthemes 2. Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents. Guests include actor and writer Simon Callow and baritone Jubilant Sykes. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig, focusing on how Bach began to retreat from his church duties to focus on his own projects. Show more
Suzy Klein presents the first part of a Prom in which Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Mozart: Overture (Don Giovanni). Knussen: Symphony No 2. Show more
2/4. BBC Singers chief conductor David Hill reveals his literary passions and talks about what he is reading this summer. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Suzy Klein presents the conclusion of a Prom in which Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Featuring Mahler's Seventh Symphony. Show more
Norman Lebrecht meets Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer, who looks back on a career characterised by ground-breaking musical achievements and occasional political controversy. Show more
Prof Keith Hart explores the origins of money as part of an economy of living persons and things. Show more
Jez Nelson presents a new collaboration between Scandinavian free-jazz trio The Thing and vocalist Neneh Cherry. With Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Puccini's Messa di Gloria given in Hobart, Tasmania in 2011. Show more
