Petroc Trelawny presents a special Christmas Eve edition, opening the penultimate window in the Advent calendar and introducing another suggestion for the Best of British Playlist. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Bach at Christmas; Musical Challenge: Relative Values; pianist Martha Argerich; Sarah's Essential Choice: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet. Show more
Donald Macleod explores how Johann Georg Pisendel, a violinist who had studied with Vivaldi, helped promote Vivaldi's music and ensure more offers of work. Show more
From the 2014 Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, soprano Soile Isokoski features in songs by Grieg and Schubert. Plus the Ebene Quartet performing Mozart's String Quartet in E flat, K428. Show more
In performances from Berlin, Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Schumann's Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 and Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90. With Katie Derham. Show more
An archive recording from Tewkesbury Abbey first broadcast at Christmastide in 2002 with the Exon Singers. Show more
Broadcast from the banks of the Thames, a special edition of the programme with poetry, prose and music on British rivers. The readers are Stella Gonet and Robert Glenister. Show more
Zhang Zuo, Esther Yoo, Kitty Whately, Lise Berthaud and the Armida Quartet feature in music by Brahms, Grieg and Haydn. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill. Show more
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Andreas Haefliger from the 2014 BBC Proms, opening with Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila overture and closing with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. Show more
The Tallis Scholars perform music composed for them by John Tavener, reflecting his wide-ranging spirituality and religious interests. Show more
The Essay
I've Never Told Anyone This Before
Episode 3: Erica Wagner - A History of My Family in One Object
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Erica Wagner looks back at her childhood and wonders what it means when you start to question the stories you have heard all your life. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents festive music from Les Paul, new folk from Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker plus modern jazz from Troyka. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes a Swedish carol concert, with the Swedish Radio Chorus and Members of Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andreas Hanson. Show more
