Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating the Baroque Spring season with the Breakfast Forty-Eight and the Musical Map of Britain. Show more

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Corelli: Concerti grossi, Op 6; piano music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev; Disc of the Week: Bach: English Suites.

Suzy Klein meets young British violinist Nicola Benedetti as she begins a tour of Scotland, and members of the LA Philharmonic as they begin a four-day residency in London. Show more

As part of Baroque Spring, Catherine Bott explores how Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 show the composer at a musical crossroads: between the Renaissance and the Baroque. Show more

Actor and director Philip Franks presents a personal selection of music written specifically for the theatre, including Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Sullivan and Barber. Show more

Live from the Metroplitan Opera in New York, Zandonai's opera Francesca da Rimini. Starring Eva-Maria Westbroek and Marcello Giordani. Marco Armiliato conducts. Show more

Alyn Shipton introduces listeners' requests with a focus on the trumpet, featuring tracks by Miles Davis, Valaida Snow and Bill Coleman, plus a memory of the late Pat Halcox. Show more

Fiona Evans's drama weaving real-life interviews with three elderly people into one fictional day, with performances by child actors. Show more

Goffredo Petrassi offers a take on the musical past with his Partita for Orchestra. Show more

Highlights from the 2012 Witten Days for New Chamber Music: works by Hans Abrahamsen, James Clarke, Marko Nikodijevic, Mauro Lanza and Brigitta Muntendorf. Show more

Geoffrey Smith picks some personal favourites by the alto saxophone master and prime mover of bebop Charlie Parker, concentrating on the works of his later years. Show more

As part of Radio 3's Baroque Spring season, Jonathan Swain introduces a programme of French baroque music performed at last year's Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival in Poland. Show more