Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the French Flute School; Artist of the Week: pianist Stephen Kovacevich, featured in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor). Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Bellini's early death at the age of 33. With music from his two final operas: Beatrice di Tenda and Il Puritani. Show more
John Toal presents music from the 2015 West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Including Brahms arr Alan Boustead: Serenade in D, Op 11 and Webern: Langsamer Satz. Show more
Ian Skelly with music from the BBC SSO. Bruch: Konzertstuck, Op 84; Violin Concerto No 2. Sibelius: Karelia Overture. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2. Stenhammar: Symphony No 1. Show more
Sean Rafferty launches Why Music? with pianist James Rhodes, the Derek Paravicini Quartet, composer Claire van Kampen, conductor John Lubbock and psychologist Victoria Williamson. Show more
Author Philip Ball asks why music is such a universal human trait. How do we recognise music, where does it come from, and how does it affect us so deeply? Show more
Sarah Walker and philosopher Angie Hobbs seek to define what it means to be human, with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Michael Seal in a 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. Show more
For Radio 3's Why Music? weekend, singer and song collector Sam Lee and journalist Simon Broughton explore the links between work and domestic songs from around the world. Show more
Max Reinhardt and Gemma Cairney present music from the Body of Songs project, including live performance with Mara Carlyle, Afrikan Boy, Ghostpoet and Scrufizzer. Show more
A sequence featuring music and sounds from the two Voyager spacecraft chosen to help passing aliens understand human beings and their world, 1977-style. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes a concert given by Concerto Copenhagen of music by Bach and his family. Show more
