Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
A programme of music interspersed with intelligent comment. Sarah Walker with a 20th-century focus, including works by Luciano Berio and Steve Reich. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is founder of the Hay Festival, Peter Florence. With music by Bach, Handel and Mahler. Show more
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London. Sara Mingardo and Francesca Biliotti explore the music of Italy's early Baroque when Monteverdi introduced a new music of passionate emotions. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the extensive journals of composer John Marsh, said to represent one of the most important musical and social documents of the 18th century. Show more
From the Chapel of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, during the Cambridge Early Music Festival of the Voice. Includes music by Mozart, Haydn and Wesley. Show more
Verdi conjures up a terrifying impression of the Day of Judgement, complete with fire, brimstone and a chorus of wailing souls. Plus an invitation to sing joyfully by William Byrd. Show more
Tom Service explores brevity in music in the company of sonic artist JLIAT who has made a piece lasting 1/44100th of a second. Show more
Hayley Atwell and Simon Callow read texts and poems related to the number seven including last words, deadly sins, veils, brides, brothers, and dwarfs. Show more
Sally Marlow investigates why many jazz musicians turned to heroin in the post-war period, exploring the contribution they made to the science of addiction. Show more
Alfred Hitchcock so loved Sean O'Casey's Abbey theatre play he adapted and filmed it. A Dublin tenement family nearing destitution get wind of an inheritance. Show more
Kate Molleson presents highlights from the 2017 Niedersächsische Musiktage in Osnabruck, with Paul Hillier conducting Tallis and Vasks, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducting Saariaho. Show more
Simon Heighes introduces chamber music by Marin Marais and Francois Couperin performed by Ensemble Nevermind. Show more
Highlights from recent performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with conductors Jac van Steen and B Tommy Andersson. Show more
Russian music of the Revolution performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2017 BBC Proms including works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Prokofiev. With Jonathan Swain. Show more
