Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
James Jolly presents music looking forward to Wagner's bicentenary. He also marks Whit Sunday with a cantata by Telemann: Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is Harriet Harman MP. Her musical choices includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Mozart, Bartok and Britten. Show more
The Early Music Show
Wagner 200: Mastersingers of Nuremberg
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lucie Skeaping looks back on the life and music of the real Hans Sachs and his fellow Mastersingers in 16th-century Germany, who were immortalised in Wagner's famous opera. Show more
Andrew McGregor presents coverage including interviews and music from the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2013, which took place at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Show more
From St Pancras Church, as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Show more
Nigel Short asks if a British choir ever really do justice to Russian choral music. Nigel shares his own experiences with Russian linguist and keen chorister Xenia de Berner. Show more
Words and Music
Richard Wagner: Transformations and Transfigurations
1 hour, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Juliet Stevenson and Michael Pennington are the readers in a sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the spirit and art of Richard Wagner. Show more
Stephen Johnson explores the worlds of Wagner's heroes, from Norse myths to his own Tannhauser, Siegfried and Parsifal. He charts how Wagner himself became a national hero. Show more
Guy Meredith's drama about the great operatic rivalry between Verdi and Wagner, marking the bicentenary of their births. With Kenneth Cranham as Wagner and Paul Rhys as Verdi. Show more
Lucy Duran visits Equatorial Guinea in central Africa to hear music of the Fang people. She meets Stanislav Bengono Nvo, one of the few remaining players of the mvet. Show more
Claire Martin presents a duo piano concert set by Alex Wilson and Cesar Correa performed at the Pizza Express jazz club in Soho, London as part of the Steinway Piano Festival. Show more
With John Shea. From the Music in Paradise Festival in Poland, a selection of music by Telemann, Fasch, Mozart, Haydn and JC Bach performed by Les Ambassadeurs. Show more
