Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Music on Location: Elgar's Cockaigne Overture; Artist of the Week: Edward Gardner, featured conducting Lutoslawski's Chantefleurs et Chantefables. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Messiaen's period of fame. With Prelude; Monodie; exspecto ressurrectionem mortuorum; Meditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinite (VIII and IX). Show more
The Castalian Quartet perform Ades' Four Quarters, an evocation of the cycle of a day, followed by Mozart's masterwork for clarinet and string quartet with Julian Bliss. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents a performance from Vienna State Opera of Verdi's Falstaff, a comic opera based on Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and guests from the arts world. With live music from former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden, plus tenor Mark Padmore with guitarist Morgan Szymanski. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Messiaen's period of fame. With Prelude; Monodie; exspecto ressurrectionem mortuorum; Meditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinite (VIII and IX). Show more
From St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton, Eric Whitacre directs the BBC Singers. Whitcre: Sainte-Chapelle; I Fall (UK premiere); Lux aurumque. Arvo Part: Passio. Show more
Free Thinking
Landmark: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Simon Heffer, New Generation Thinker Will Abberley, director of Fun Palaces Stella Duffy and Tiffany Jenkins join Matthew Sweet to debate the ideas of poet Matthew Arnold. Show more
Novelist Neel Mukherjee talks about the abiding reticence that characterises the work and the life of American poet Elizabeth Bishop, particularly in relation to her sexuality. Show more
Late Junction
Verity Sharp with Jarvis Cocker's Scott Walker mixtape
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Verity Sharp introduces a Scott Walker-themed mixtape from Jarvis Cocker, ahead of a Prom celebrating Walker's music. Plus tracks from Olafur Arnalds and Mbira DzeNharira. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents French chamber and piano music by Saint-Saens, Faure and Alexis de Castillon performed by Marie-Catherine Girod with the Ellipse Quartet. Show more
