Martin Handley presents a special edition of Breakfast for International Women's Day, including our Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning and puts a musical spin on International Women’s Day. Show more
Michael Berkeley presents a special programme as part of Radio 3’s celebration of women composers. With, among others, Hildegard of Bingen, Barbara Strozzi and Clara Schumann. Show more
BBC Radio 3's new commission for International Women's Day, performed by the BBC Singers, conducted by Grace Rossiter. Seven very different composers contribute to this new work. Show more
As part of International Women's Day, Lucie Skeaping looks into the life and music of French Baroque composer Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, who served at the court of Louis XIV. Show more
From the Chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford, a service of music by female composers to mark International Women’s Day. Show more
A special edition dedicated to requests for music by female composers, including Mary Lou Williams, Geri Allen and Maria Schneider. Show more
Tom Service takes a journey through the beguiling music of Kaija Saariaho, from her operas exploring the big human themes to sensuous orchestral and instrumental works. Show more
The British Museum has an exhibition about feminine power around the world and in this selection of poems, prose and music we encounter Mary, Orisha, Venus, a mermaid and a witch. Show more
Marie-Louise Muir traces her childhood idol Maureen O’Hara’s journey from Dublin's suburbs to star of the Golden Age. Show more
Maxine Peake's powerful drama about a young British woman's controversial decision to join the YPJ, an all-female Kurdish militia fighting against the Islamic State group in Syria. Show more
The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Judith Weir, Elisabetta Brusa, a rarity by Germaine Tailleferre and Victoria Borisova-Olas's The Kingdom of Silence, from Maida Vale Studios. Show more
New Generation Artists
Leokadiya Kashperova's 2nd Cello Sonata + Rhian Samuel's Clytemnestra
59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Anastasia Kobekina & Luka Okros give the specially-recorded premiere in modern times of this Romantic sonata, plus Ruby Hughes sings the title role in Rhian Samuel's mythical tale. Show more
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough looks at Nordic history, culture and identity, as reflected in the music of the region. In this episode, we meet warriors, gods and magical beasts. Show more
Jordi Savall conducts Vivaldi's oratorio Juditha Triumphans. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more
