Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
Rob Cowan introduces classic recordings by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Plus the latest in a series of Bach cantatas: BWV92 and Dvorak's Serenade in E, Op 22. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is historian, biographer and critic Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Her selections include Byzantine chant, Monteverdi, Handel, Verdi, the Rolling Stones and Debussy. Show more
Lucie Skeaping remembers the Gerard Depardieu film Tous Les Matins du Monde and considers some of the music featured in it by the 17th-18th century composer Marin Marais. Show more
Nicholas Cleobury conducts the Oxford Bach Choir and English Chamber Orchestra in a concert exploring rarely heard music by Britten, including a world premiere, and Poulenc. Show more
An archive broadcast from the Chapel of Bramdean School, Exeter, first transmitted on 14th March, 1990. Show more
Aled Jones presents more of the latest news and views from the word of choral music, including the final two British entries to this year's Let the Peoples Sing competition. Show more
Texts and music on the theme of metamorphosis, with readings by Meera Syal and Harry Hadden-Paton. With Ovid, Shakespeare, Kafka and Dahl, plus Britten, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn. Show more
Sunday Feature
Margaret Are You Grieving? A Cultural History of Weeping
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Thomas Dixon explores the history of weeping as an aesthetic response to works of art. With contributions from Fiona Shaw, Miri Rubin, Giles Fraser and Ian Bostridge among others. Show more
For Radio 3's Britten centenary celebration, Keith Dewhurst's retelling of the story of Billy Budd, interwoven with the story of the author who came to write it: Herman Melville. Show more
Lucy Duran launches the 2013 World Routes Academy with live performances by the 2012 mentee José Hernando Noguera, and PJ Harvey announces the new apprentice and their mentor. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a performance given by Chick Corea at the 2012 London Jazz Festival, with bassist Christian McBride and Brian Blade. Show more
As part of our Young Performers season, violinist Veronika Eberle and pianist Francesco Piemontesi perform works by Mozart and Brahms. Show more