Tom McKinney presents the classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and classical music inspired by folk music for Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend. Show more
Rob Cown introduces music on the theme of the polonaise, by Lyadov, Weber and Paderewski. Plus Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy and Beethoven's settings of Scottish and Irish songs. Show more
Folk singer Shirley Collins talks to Michael Berkeley about her musical passions and her 60-year career in folk music. Her musical choices include Handel, Boyce and Praetorius. Show more
Verity Sharp presents a concert given by UK folk singer Sam Lee at the Tron Theatre as part of 2016 Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the influence of folk music on the performance of early music with examples from Jordi Savall, The Harp Consort, City Waites, Concerto Caledonia and others. Show more
From Salisbury Cathedral. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores some of the many choral traditions within folk music with Paul Sartin, including music from his own Loft Singers as well a rousing sea shanty or two. Show more
Texts and music inspired by John Clare's poetry, with readings by Karl Johnson and David Annen. With poems by Clare and Steinbeck, plus music by Britten and Haydn. Show more
Sunday Feature
Folk Connections: Cecil Sharp's Appalachian Trail
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Andy Kershaw follows song collector Cecil Sharp's Appalachian trail in the spring of 1916, when he discovered a treasure trove of English folk songs he had never encountered before. Show more
From Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall, Verity Sharp introduces Transatlantic Sessions, the Celtic Connections festival's annual concert. With Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain. Show more
By Lorraine Hansberry. Play set on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s, centring on the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of an African American family. Show more
Music for recorder and ensemble by Vivaldi and Veracini, performed at the 2015 Ascona Music Weeks festival. Show more
Verity Sharp and Bruce MacGregor present highlights of BBC Scotland's programmes from Celtic Connections 2016 and contrast the folk scenes in England and Scotland. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents choral music by Niels Gade, Nielsen, Sibelius and Mendelssohn, performed by the Danish National Vocal Ensemble in Copenhagen in 2015. Show more
