Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British Music Playlist, listener requests, works by neglected composers and wake-up calls. Show more

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Bach Transcriptions; Proms Artist of the Week: The Tallis Scholars; Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 1. Show more

Donald Macleod explores a series of Stravinsky works overlooked amid the publicity that surrounded the premiere of his huge early success, the ballet The Firebird. Show more

The Nash Ensemble performs at the Pittville Pump Room during the 2014 Cheltenham Music Festival. Woolrich: Pluck from the Air. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout). Show more

A Prom featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Gurney: War Elegy. Sally Beamish: The Singing (James Crabb: Accordion). Walton: Symphony No 1. Show more

Presented by Suzy Klein. With guests including pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, soprano Christina Landshamer and countertenor Iestyn Davies. Show more

Donald Macleod explores a series of Stravinsky works overlooked amid the publicity that surrounded the premiere of his huge early success, the ballet The Firebird. Show more

Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, London Voices and the European Union Youth Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko in a performance of Berio's Sinfonia. Show more

Poet Craig Raine discusses the ways in which borrowing and reshaping existing phrases is a feature of music and literature, and why writers adopt a 'magpie' approach to language. Show more

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, the conclusion of the European Union Youth Orchestra's Prom under Vasily Petrenko. With Shostakovich's Symphony No 4 in C minor, Op 43. Show more

Historian Barbara Yorke tells the story of Hild of Whitby, an abbess who held great power and influence in the seventh century. She is a largely forgotten pre-feminism model. Show more

Michael Wood presents a portrait of Wynflaed, considered to have been the first woman in British history to have left a will. Show more

Historian Pauline Stafford assesses the life of Queen Emma of Normandy, whose life was a rollercoaster of Anglo-Saxon politics. Show more

Anne Hilde Neset's varied selection includes minimalist electronics, Thai folk songs, Can and more. Show more

John Shea's selection includes a programme of music by Lipinski and Elsner with the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Show more