Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
Rob Cowan marks the start of Radio 3's Piano Season by choosing recordings by Vladimir Horowitz. Plus music inspired by animals, by Vaughan Williams, Bartok, Stravinsky and Brahms. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is novelist, playwright and screenwriter Fay Weldon. She chooses works by Handel, Bach, Wagner, Prokofiev, Charles Ives and Nick Fox. Show more
Luke Skeaping presents a profile of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, the love story between the Queen of Carthage and her Trojan hero. Show more
From the Great Hall of the University of Leeds, Petroc Trelawny presents the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition Prize-Winners' gala recital, featuring each of the finalists. Show more
From Derby Cathedral. Show more
Aled Jones explores the story behind the Yellow River Cantata, which draws on Chinese folk music and Western form. Plus details of a newly-published novel with a choral twist. Show more
The art of doing nothing, with music by Hoagy Carmichael, Debussy and The Kinks and words by Keats, Jerome K. Jerome and Tennyson read by Claudie Blakley and Tony Haygarth. Show more
To mark the centenary of the birth of composer John Cage, pianist and one-time Cage collaborator Richard Bernas, explores his influence beyond music. Show more
Christopher Marlowe's 16th century play about the growth to power of a Scythian shepherd, said to have changed the course of British drama and to have influenced Shakespeare. Show more
Lucy Duran introduces highlights from Morocco's Timitar Festival held in Agadir. With performances by Rais Aarab Atigui from the Tiznit region as well as local stars Iguidar. Show more
Julian Joseph presents the second part of a concert set performed by bassist Janek Gwizdala. With Bob Reynolds (saxophone), Gary Husband (keyboards) and Louie Palmer (drums). Show more
Piano Season on the BBC: The first of six concerts of piano music from the European radio archives, including Clifford Curzon playing Mozart and Shura Cherkassky playing Schumann. Show more
