Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (jazz band version). Julian Fifer, producer of 'L'Olimpiade. New British music. Plus Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte.
Biographer Virginia Rounding explores the music of Catherine the Great's court and assesses its legacy. Including music by Giuseppe Sarti and Tommaso Traetta Baldassare Galuppi. Show more
Catherine Bott presents music from the winners of the 2011 York Early Music Festival Young Artist Award - Profeti della Quinta. They perform music by Salamone Rossi. Show more
JoAnn Falletta conducts the Ulster Orchestra and Ulster Youth Orchestra. Chabrier: Espana. Mozart: Flute Concerto No 2 in D, K314 (soloist James Galway). Elaine Agnew: Dark Hedges. Show more
Guyanese jazz flautist and composer Keith Waithe gives Julian May a tour of his collection of 207 flutes gathered from his travels around the world. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Ulster Orchestra and Ulster Youth Orchestra's Prom under JoAnn Falletta concludes with music from Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. 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
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' requests, including the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Buck Clayton, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, and the jazz fusion sounds of Steely Dan. Show more
Texts and music on the relationship between man, nature and machines, with readings by Caroline Catz and Anthony Flanagan. Works from Dickens and Larkin, plus Bach and Offenbach. Show more
Prom featuring soloists and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under Vasily Petrenko. Varese: Tuning Up. Nico Muhly: Gait (BBC commission). Show more
In Simon Van Booy's tale a lonely Parisian falls for the girl at the railway station. He also falls for the girl in the shop window. And he also finds some exotic flowers. Show more
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Vasily Petrenko. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony. Anna Meredith: HandsFree. With Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Joanna MacGregor (piano). Show more
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young artists. With poetry from Kei Miller, and music from the Matt Robinson Quartet.
Music by Richard Ayres, Laurence Crane and Marko Nikodijevic. And in the Hear and Now 50, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti and writer Paul Griffith discuss Giacinto Scelsi's Ygghur. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a special Olympic-themed edition, including gladiatorial displays from Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins. Show more
Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in a programme of orchestral showpieces including Debussy's La mer and Stravinsky's The Firebird. Show more
