Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Chaconnes; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Sviatoslav Richter; Rob's Essential Choice: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Show more
Donald Macleod on Bartok's sickly childhood, early life and musical beginnings, including his first major work, Kossuth, influenced by Strauss and inspired by a revolutionary. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London. Pianist Igor Levit plays Tchaikovsky's Meditation and his cycle The Seasons. Show more
Presented by Penny Gore. Vivaldi: Sinfonia (La Senna festeggiante); Lute Concerto in D minor. Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor. Plus Veracini, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Brahms. Show more
From Salford, Sean Rafferty presents music and guests. With composer Gerald Barry and conductor Clark Rundell, plus live music from folk group 4Square and the Crown Brass quintet. Show more
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Marc Minkowski conducts a performance of Mozart's Idomeneo. With tenor Matthew Polenzani and soprano Sophie Bevan. Show more
Professor Jeremy Black considers the primary military function of castles as instruments of power and control, and their eventual decline. Show more
Jez Nelson presents a concert given by Food - featuring saxophonist Iain Ballamy and drummer Thomas Stronen - at London's Village Underground as part of the 2014 Emulsion Festival. Show more
Catriona Young presents archive recordings by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under conductor Riccardo Chailly. Show more
