Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Vivaldi: Grosso Mogul Concerto in D, RV208; Mercury's Living Presence archive; three recordings of Britten's War Requiem; Hindemith: Violin Concerto.
Dance critic Stephanie Jordan traces the explosive influence of the Rite of Spring on modern dance, 100 years after the famous premiere in Paris in 1913 led to uproar. Show more
Celebrated Dutch viola da gamba player Wieland Kuijken talks to Catherine Bott about his life in music. Including highlights of his concert at the 2013 York Early Music Festival. Show more
Live from Cadogan Hall, Robin Tritschler and London Conchord Ensemble perform music from the English pastoral tradition by Warlock and Imogen Holst, alongside Poulenc's Sextet. Show more
A Prom featuring the English Chamber Orchestra under Paul Watkins. Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. Plus Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellinger's Round). Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music by Count Basie, the Modern Jazz Quartet and a track from a newly-released set from the 1970s by British trio SOS. Show more
Ahead of his Charlie Parker-inspired Prom, jazz musician Django Bates introduces music inspired by birds, from Rautavaara and Ravel to Ronnie Ronalde and the Mighty Sparrow. Show more
A Prom in which Philippe Jordan conducts the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Wagner: Overture (Rienzi). Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (soloist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet). Show more
Carl Prekopp reads an excerpt from Sarah Quigley's novel about Shostakovich writing The English Poets project. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Philippe Jordan conducts the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 in D minor. Show more
Thierry Fischer conducts the London Sinfonietta in the complete set of eight pieces Mauricio Kagel named after the points of the compass - The Pieces of the Compass Rose. Show more
On the weekend of Wayne Shorter's birthday, Geoffrey Smith salutes the great saxophonist-composer with music written for his own groups, and those of Miles Davis and Art Blakey.
Presented by Jonathan Swain. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Bruckner's Symphony No 8 under Zubin Mehta and Haydn's Symphony No 97 under Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Show more
