Simon Hoban presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
James Jolly looks forward to the new year and takes stock of the one just passed with a selection of music including Bach's cantata No 28 (Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende). Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is journalist and broadcaster Simon Hoggart. His choices include music by Mozart, Beethoven, Tallis, Piers Hellawell, Berlioz, Donizetti and Wagner. Show more
Lucie Skeaping and musicologist Berta Joncus discuss 18th-century soprano Kitty Clive, who became London's top singer and comic actress. Show more
The St Louis Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Robertson perform works by Brahms, Schoenberg and Gershwin. Christian Tetzlaff joins them for Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Show more
An archive service from 2008 of music and readings offering a meditation on Christ's Nativity, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Show more
Aled Jones introduces music from the 2012 London Jazz Festival: a new commission from saxophone player John Surman featuring the voices of the Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir. Show more
Words and music on the subject of dreams, with readings by Sophie Thompson and Chiwetel Ejiofor. With work by Melville, Emily Bronte and Hardy, plus Berlioz, Stravinsky and Handel. Show more
The extraordinary life of Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex. Matthew Sweet discovers how Comfort's bestseller grew out of his anarchism, forged by the horror of World War Two. Show more
By Enid Bagnold. Classic 1950s drama set in a country house, where the new companion to an unruly girl is revealed to have a shocking past. Show more
Lucy Duran revisits World Routes Academy 2012 with British-Colombian accordionist Jose Hernando Arias Noguera, reflecting on the challenges and memories of his apprenticeship. Show more
Claire Martin presents the Neil Cowley Trio performing with the Goldsmith (Big) Strings at the 2012 London Jazz Festival. Show more
Danish period ensemble Concerto Copenhagen, directed by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, play Mozart and Mendelssohn. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more
