Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating British music and continuing the Musical Map of Britain. Show more
Rob Cowan's selection includes music by composers whose music was 'forbidden' in Nazi Germany, including Erwich Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann and Pavel Haas. Plus a Buxtehude cantata. Show more
Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis introduces her personal musical choices, including Poulenc, Brahms, Mozart, Bach, a French chanson and one haunting Welsh folk song. Show more
The Early Music Show
The Court of Mary, Queen of Scots
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
The Court of Mary, Queen of Scots: David McGuinness visits Stirling Castle and the Palace of Holyrood House to learn about music which may have been performed during Mary's reign. Show more
In St Mary's Church, Bathwick, the BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough perform a wide-ranging programme for the 2013 Bath Festival, including music by Ravel, Kodaly and Gesualdo. Show more
From St Davids Cathedral during the 2013 Cathedral Festival. Show more
Choral maestro Joseph Cullen celebrates the power of large choral forces and orchestra, introducing music by Mahler, James MacMillan and Bernstein. Show more
Texts and music on the theme of crowds. With music including Handel, Grieg, Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar and Copland, plus texts including Philip Larkin, Shakespeare and Maya Angelou. Show more
Rex Bloomstein travels to Burma to explore the country's cultural life during a period of extraordinary transition and asks how free now are its artists to express themselves? Show more
David Pownall's play imagines stormy negotiations over a poem between two towering but very different geniuses of the Victorian era. With Richard Johnson and Toby Stephens. Show more
Lucy Duran visits a musical event with London's Turkish community, featuring the Nefes Ensemble, World Routes Academy protegee Fidan Hajiyeva, and Brighton-born Dogan Mehmet. Show more
Claire Martin presents vibraphone player Roger Beaujolais and his quartet in session. And Kevin Le Gendre selects a classic British album for this month's Now is the Time. Show more
John Shea presents a recital from the 2012 Roskilde Schubertiade, with the Danish String Quartet in Haydn and Beethoven quartets and Schubert's Winterreise for tenor and strings. Show more
