Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
Rob Cowan explores interpretations of the story of Romeo and Juliet by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Delius and Kabalevsky. Plus a Bach cantata: No 159 and Hartmann: Symphony No 2. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is actress Celia Imrie. Her musical choices include Shostakovich, Josef Suk, Brahms, Charpentier, Puccini, Prokofiev and Shirley Bassey. Show more
Lucie Skeaping focuses on a refined, highly expressive 16th-century style of vocal music for connoisseurs, known as Musica Reservata, as composed by Vicentino, de Monte and Lassus. Show more
In a concert from the Southbank Centre in London, the London Philharmonic performs a programme of music evoking the Mediterranean. With works by by Respighi, Falla and Ravel. Show more
From Salisbury Cathedral. Show more
Composer Paul Mealor presents his pick of choral music for royal occasions and marks the 70th birthday of his friend, American choral composer, Morten Lauridsen. Show more
Texts and music on the theme of concealment and the invisible, with readings by Alex Jennings and Maxine Peake. With Lewis Carroll and John Clare, plus Elgar, Bach and Janacek. Show more
The Rev Richard Coles explores what is meant by sin and its origins, from the dawn of ethics to the full force of Judeo-Christian damnation and salvation. Show more
Eileen Atkins and Charles Edwards star in Margaret Heffernan's play centring on the tempestuous relationship between American novelist John Updike and his mother. Show more
Simon Broughton explores the connexion between the different lyres found along the Nile, from the simple five-string Sudanese masankop to the Egyptian multi-string semsemia. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a tribute to the late Dave Brubeck, introducing a concert he gave with his trio at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester in May of 2003. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection features a performance of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast from Croatia. Show more
