Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Jonathan Swain celebrates sunlight in music by Delius, Sibelius, James MacMillan and CPE Bach. Plus Schoenberg's Gurrelieder and works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Tippett. Show more
Michael Berkeley guest is actress Frances Barber. Her musical choices include Chopin, Schubert, Michael Nyman, Bertolt Brecht and the Pet Shop Boys. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wigmore Hall Mondays: Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Wadsworth
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From Wigmore Hall in London, soprano Carolyn Sampson and lutenist Matthew Wadsworth perform a recital of English songs, with works by Dowland, Britten and Purcell. Show more
To mark International Women's Day, soprano Ruby Hughes sings arias by 17th-century female composers such as Caccini, Strozzi and Vizzana alongside those featuring tragic heroines. Show more
From Truro Cathedral on International Women's Day. Show more
Baroque violinist Rachel Podger talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her love of singing. Plus a celebration of Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Show more
Tom Service considers when is noise just noise and when is it music. He finds that, though we resent noises in the concert hall, music needs some noise in it to give it character. Show more
Poetry, prose and music, with readings by Ewan Bailey and Clare Perkins. Including Holst, Orff and John Adams, plus texts by Robert Browning, Anne Bronte and Vera Brittain. Show more
Flora Willson traces the roots of today's hi-tech opera broadcasts to 19th- and early 20th-century New York, when it emerged as a global operatic centre. Show more
Ian Skelly introduces highlights from Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Sunday Morning Concert series, including music by Mozart and Brahms. Show more
Adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's autobiographical film. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family. Show more
Elin Manahan Thomas introduces highlights from a concert given by the Ricercar Consort at the 2016 Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival in Germany. With Marais, Corelli and Rameau. Show more
The Avishai Cohen Trio joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bastien Stil at the Barbican in London for a concert of original and traditional songs from the Middle East. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a concert of religious works by members of the Bach family who preceded Johann Sebastian, performed by vocal group Vox Luminis. Show more
