Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Dvorak: Symphony No 9 (From the New World). Show more
Donald Macleod charts WF Bach's final decline and the creation of the legend of the 'black sheep Bach'. Show more
Karen Cargill (mezzo) and Simon Lepper (piano) in Mahler: Lieder eines fahrendes gesellen. Alma Mahler: Five Songs. Zemlinsky: Liebe und Fruhling. Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder. Show more
Live from Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra plays Dvorak, Nielsen and Schumann's Cello Concerto with cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. Plus the BBC SSO in music by Brahms and Schumann. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined in the BBC's studios in Salford by guests including actor the St George's Singers, who perform live. Plus live music from young pianist Viv McLean. Show more
Donald Macleod charts WF Bach's final decline and the creation of the legend of the 'black sheep Bach'. Show more
Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert from the Barbican in London. Prokofiev: Scythian Suite. Bloch: Schelomo (with Jian Wang: cello). Show more
A new short story by Lucy Caldwell, inspired by Nielsen's Symphony No 4 and exploring the deep consolations that music can bring. Show more
Live from the Barbican in London, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's concert under Thomas Dausgaard concludes with a performance of Nielsen's Fourth Symphony (The Inextinguishable). Show more
Ian McMillan explores the language and literature of business. With Susan Briante, Magda Bielena-Grajewska, Nigel Warburton, Nicola Monaghan, Claire Duffy and Lucy Ellinson. Show more
Poet Owen Sheers visits a forest in Poland, where the sights and sounds are alluring and timeless until he passes a woman on a bicycle. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy presents new music from around the world and a studio session with Finnish string band Frigg. Their style combines Nordic fiddle elements and American bluegrass. Show more
From the Roskilde Schubertiade, John Shea presents the Danish String Quartet performing Haydn and Beethoven quartets plus Schubert's Winterreise arranged for tenor and strings. Show more