Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's breakfast show live from Hull, UK City of Culture 2017. Show more
James Jolly's selection of music includes Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Piano Sonata No 19 in G minor. Plus Janacek's Sinfonietta and Litolff's Concerto Symphonique No 4. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is historical novelist Lindsey Davis. Her musical choices include works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak, plus Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wigmore Hall Mondays: Clara Mouriz and Joseph Middleton
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, a concert in which mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz and pianist Joseph Middleton perform songs by Purcell, Scarlatti, Liszt, Hahn, Ravel and Falla. Show more
Hannah French delves into the history and musical detail of one of Handel's best-known pieces: his Water Music, first performed for King George I in London in July 1717. Show more
Choral Evensong
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, at St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
A recording from March 2017 of the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, singing on the Feast day of St Gregory the first ever Anglican Evensong in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Show more
Christopher Monks talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his outreach work with the Armonico Consort and his aim to create 300 new children's choirs by 2020. Show more
Tom Service explores the variety of music based on a drone, from rustic dance to works of mystic religious ecstasy. With piper Kathryn Tickell and composer Phill Niblock. Show more
Texts and music inspired by the love between women, with readings by Diana Quick and Sophie Ward. Including Sappho and Woolf, plus Hildegard of Bingen, Delibes and Debussy. Show more
Allan Little explores how, in the aftermath of World War Two, arts festivals attempted reconciliation between nations and what challenges were faced amid the chaos. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Orchestre National de France - Schumann, Bach, Strauss
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Riccardo Muti conducts the Orchestre National de France. Schumann: Piano Concerto. Bach transcr Busoni: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland (David Fray: piano). Strauss: Aus Italien. Show more
Drama on 3
Joe Orton Double-Bill: The Erpingham Camp and The Ruffian on the Stair
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Featuring Orton's The Erpingham Camp and The Ruffian On the Stair, plus an interview with Kenneth Cranham, in a special evening recorded live at the BBC's Radio Theatre. Show more
Hannah French introduces highlights from a concert entitled Erbarme dich, featuring cantatas and instrumental music from 17th-century Germany by Montreal-based Ensemble Masques. Show more
The Amaryllis Quartet perform Lutoslawski's String Quartet at the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival. Show more
Catriona Young presents the first of two programmes from the semi-finals of the 2017 Let the Peoples Sing Competition. Plus Mozart from pianist Maria Joao Pires. Show more
