Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35. Schumann: Chamber Music. Beethoven: Diabelli Variations. Mendelssohn: Elijah 1846. Bizet: Carmen (excerpts).
Deborah Bull learns about ballet in the music hall theatres of Leicester Square in late Victorian London, discovering a world where the dance was all about the spectacle. Show more
Catherine Bott explores the life and music of 18th-century Venetian composer Baldassare Galuppi, with the help of writer, critic and Galuppi enthusiast Jonathan Keates. Show more
Live from Cadogan Hall, London, Clemency Burton-Hill presents a chamber Prom featuring the Escher Quartet. Hugh Wood: String Quartet No 4. Debussy: String Quartet. Show more
Exploring the recordings of Russian pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Jolly presents music by composers including Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven and Brahms. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' jazz requests includes a tribute to Lol Coxhill. Show more
Texts and music on the theme of haunting, with readings by Emilia Fox and Jamie Glover. With Shakespeare, Hardy, Lawrence, Poe and Tennyson, plus Berlioz and Bax. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Alexander Goehr: Metamorphosis/Dance. Knussen: Symphony No 3. Show more
Andrew Brown and Diarmaid MacCulloch consider the case of the 1612 execution of Edward Wightman, asking why we once burned heretics and why we stopped. Show more
The BBC SO, BBC National Choir of Wales and soloists under Oliver Knussen. Helen Grime: Night Songs (BBC commission: world premiere). Debussy: The Martyrdom of St Sebastian. Show more
Composer Helen Grime joins Tom Service to introduce performances of her chamber music given by students from the Royal College of Music. Show more
Ivan Hewett presents 20x12 Cultural Olympiad commissions from Sheema Mukherjee and Richard Causton. Plus the Hear and Now Fifty: Gavin Bryars's Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet. Show more
Anticipating an orchestral Prom celebrating the work of guitarist Django Reinhardt, Geoffrey Smith presents music featuring Reinhardt and his violinist partner Stephane Grappelli. Show more
With John Shea. Including pianist pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performing music by Chopin, Prokofiev, Liszt and Stravinsky at the Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival. Show more