Christmas Eve Breakfast with Martin Handley, including the last window in our musical Advent Calendar and our final daily JS Bach Prelude and fugue. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Sarah Walker includes music from the Christmas Oratorio, a selection of organ works played by Simon Preston. She also includes jazz interpretations of Bach. Show more
Many Private Passions guests over the years have revealed their passion for Bach. But for some, the great composer has really transformed their lives. Show more
The award-winning young ensemble BarrocoTout performs JS Bach's The Musical Offering, BWV1079, at the National Centre for Early Music in York. Show more
The Early Music Show
The Spirit of Bach - Dame Emma Kirkby
20 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
As part of the Spirit of Bach season, Dame Emma Kirkby shares some of her memories of singing Bach alongside some of her favourite recordings of other performers. Show more
'A Blessing to the World' - an Advent Sequence recorded in Edington Priory Church during the 2017 Festival of Music within the Liturgy. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch invites us to spend an hour with Bach and the instrument he made his own. Organ works large and small show Bach out to dazzle, delight and dance with joy. Show more
Tom Service celebrates The Joy of Bach.
Words and Music
A Celebration of the Life of Bach
1 hour, 14 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
A celebration of the life of Bach, with readings from his own words and the words of those who knew him. With readers Roger Allam and David Annen.
In the final 'slow-radio' walk in the footsteps of Bach on his journey to meet Buxtehude, writer Horatio Clare travels the Old Salt Road to Molln, and enters the city of Lubeck. Show more
Ian Skelly presents a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor, given by Vox Luminis, directed by Lionel Meunier, at the Utrecht Early Music Festival in August this year. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores what lies beneath Bach's music with pianists Angela Hewitt and Gabriela Montero, conductor Steven Devine, physicist Tara Shears and cellist David Watkin. Show more
Simon Heighes introduces highlights of Bach performances from festivals and concert halls around Europe, including organ and keyboard music, concertos and cantatas. Show more
This all-Bach mixtape dares to venture into the mind of the elderly, reflective Johann Sebastian Bach, to walk in his shoes as he reminisces about a life's work. Show more
Through the Night
John Shea presents a concert of choral Christmas music from Croatia
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
John Shea presents a concert of choral Christmas music from the Croatian Radio and Television Chorus, directed by Ivan Josip Skender. Show more