Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and suggestions for the annual musical advent calendar. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Bach for Advent; Music in Time: Handel oratorios; Artist of the Week: Charles Munch, featured conducting Dvorak's Symphony No 8. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Francesca Caccini's publishing her first and only collection of music. Show more
A recital by Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano). Cramer: Sonata in E flat, Op 43 No 3. Clementi: Sonata in D, Op 25 No 6. Field: Sonata in E flat, Op 1 No 1. Haydn: Sonata, H XVI 52. Show more
Live from the Church of St Alban the Martyr in Holborn, Bob Chilcott conducts the BBC Singers in a carol concert featuring audience requests. Show more
From 2005, an archive recordings from St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, with the Cathedral Choir, St George's Singers and Voices of Cape Town. Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include pianist Lara Melda, organist David Titterington and the Doric Quartet. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Francesca Caccini's publishing her first and only collection of music. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Academy of Ancient Music: Monteverdi and Castello
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Sopranos Carolyn Samspson and Rowan Pierce and the Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Egarr perform 17th-century Venetian sacred and secular music by Monteverdi and Castello. Show more
Free Thinking
John Simpson on the death of the war correspondent
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
John Simpson talks about 50 years of reporting from around the world for the BBC, and Philip Dodd and guests discuss what we mean by 'news' in the digital age. Show more
Andrew considers the contrast between 'solid' Medieval ghosts with a moral purpose and ephemeral, translucent modern sightings which allow doubt. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents a selection of winter sounds from around the world, including Crystal Moth's Images of Snow and a striking piece by Sigmund Groven. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of period piano duets, featuring Andreas Staier and Tobias Koch. Show more