Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Rob Cowan explores different interpretations of literary and musical sources, including Milhaud, Berio and Casadesus. Plus music by George Alexander McFarren, Schubert and Bartok. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is historian and author of The Origins of Sex Faramerz Dabhoiwala. With music from Purcell, Bach, Schubert, Philip Glass, Nina Simone and Jan Garbarek. Show more
Live from Cadogan Hall in London, music from the Apollon Musagete Quartet. Webern: Langsamer Satz. Colin Matthews: String Quartet No 5. Beethoven: String Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3. Show more
Cellist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Leonard Elschenbroich joins the BBC Philharmonic under Lorenzo Viotti in a performance of Haydn's Cello Concerto No 2 in D. Show more
From the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Salisbury Cathedral, featuring the choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals. Show more
The Royal Philharmonic under Eric Whitacre. Jonathan Newman: Blow It Up, Start Again. Whitacre: The River Cam; Cloudburst. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (with Martin James Bartlett). Show more
Sara Kestelman reads Edith Pearlman's short story Puck, following the amusing and quirky events that take place after Rennie acquires a small statue to sell in her antique shop. Show more
The conclusion of a Prom in which Eric Whitacre conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Copland: Quiet City. Eric Whitacre: Equus; Field (European premiere). Show more
Works by metaphysical poets including Donne, Herbert and Anne Bradstreet with readings by Greta Scacchi and Christopher Eccleston. Music is by Walton, Bernstein and Tavener. Show more
Alexandra Harris explores the life and work of artist Eric Ravilious, considered to be one of the best watercolourists of the 20th century. Show more
BBC Proms
2015
Prom 33
Part 1: Prom 33 (part 1): John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
2 hours, 15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in Beethoven's Symphony No 5 in C minor. Show more
Novelists Helen Dunmore and Louise Welsh discuss DH Lawrence's 1915 novel The Rainbow, an exploration of the effect of industrialisation on pastoral life. Show more
BBC Proms
2015
Prom 33
Part 2: Prom 33 (part 2): John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
1 hour, 20 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique's Prom under John Eliot Gardiner concludes with a performance of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. Show more
David Timson's adaptation of Goethe's classic drama. A series of episodic scenes in which Faust and Mephistopheles travel through time, encountering various mythological figures. Show more
John Shea presents a performance from the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra of Janacek's Glagolitic Mass and Vecne Evangelium (The Eternal Gospel). Show more