Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show including music connected with Al-Andalus and a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape from Granada. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker with a broad range of music, including works by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Arne and Morley. Her Sunday Escape features part of Ravel's Miroirs. Show more
The Early Music Show
Early Music Show Special: Al-Andalus!
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Hannah French and her studio guests, musicologist Jonathan Shannon, art historian Sabiha Al Khemir and historian Hugh Kennedy, explore the music and culture of Al-Andalus. Show more
An archive recording from Wells Cathedral (first broadcast 19 March 2014). Show more
Continuing Radio 3’s theme of Al-Andalus, Hannah French explores Spanish and Portuguese music for choir and organ from the 16th century onwards. Show more
The Listening Service
Al-Andalus: What makes music sound Spanish?
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service looks for the essence of Spain in the music of later centuries and asks how do we recognise a 'Spanish' sound in music? Show more
Actors Candela Gomez and Khalid Abdalla with readings from Abd Allah ibn al-Simak and Lorca to Sameer Rahim and Victoria Hislop, plus music from Manuel da Falla and Souad Massi. Show more
Al-Andalus was the 800-year period of Muslim rule in Spain, ending in 1492. Andrew Hussey journeys through Spain, searching for its legacy today in politics, art and architecture. Show more
David Suchet stars as Satan - and a Bible's-worth of other characters, both human and animal - in Justin Butcher's comic and poetic hell's-eye view of the Passion. Show more
A concert of traditional Portuguese song, known as Fado, recorded earlier this year in Bucharest, featuring the Ricardo Dias Ensemble. Introduced by FIona Talkington. Show more
As part of Radio 3's celebration of Al-Andalus, The Sollazzo Ensemble perform sacred music in a concert recorded at San Jeronimo Monastery in Granada. Elin Manahan Thomas presents. Show more
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani explores recordings of Bach that have experimented with new instruments. Show more
Classical Fix
Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Slay In Your Lane authors Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené try Clemmie's classical playlist. Show more
Hasse's serenata in a performance by Accademia Bizantina from Pau Casals Hall, Barcelona. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more
