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Tom Service talks to conductor Cristian Macelaru, composer Dai Fujikura, and as Artemis II prepares to launch, he looks at the music that has been taken to the moon.

Jools is joined by musician and bandleader David Hermlin.

Justin Webb (Today and Americast presenter) explores the relationship between classical music and American political history. Today, music in the service of Cold War influence.

Andrew McGregor picks the best new classical releases, joined by guests Cathy Newman and William Mival, who recommends his favorite recording of Sibelius's Symphony No. 5.

Your weekly trip to the movies with Edith Bowman- this week, Debbie Wiseman talks about her score to the film Wilde, and Jools Holland chooses his Pick of the Flicks.

Jess is joined by conductor Harry Christophers to swap the music they love the most, with bouncing tracks by Abel Selaocoe and Beyonce, and an aching finale by Mahler.

Ariodante from the Royal Ballet and Opera, the site of its premiere during Handel's first Covent Garden season in 1735. Starring Emily D'Angelo and Jacquelyn Stucker.

Kathryn Tickell invites the Irish vocal group Landless to paint a sonic portrait of Dublin in three tracks; and plays Congolese rumba, Catalan songs, and Greek-Anatolian laments.

Kate Molleson presents exclusive recordings of Riot Ensemble, including Alex Paxton's Shrimp BIT Babyface. Plus new releases of the latest in cutting-edge and experimental music.

András Schiff performs Bach's The Art of Fugue, which he described as 'the greatest work by the greatest composer who ever lived.' From the 2025 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email [email protected].

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, with a blend of soulful choral music, romantic orchestral classics and lively, uplifting piano.

Michael Berkeley's guest is Richard Stokes, one of the world's leading authorities on German art songs or lieder. He has also translated many songs and operas.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path through the Andalusian countryside towards Chabrier's España.

Live from Exeter Cathedral, with music by Philip Walsh, Jackson, Nico Muhly and Philip Moore.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email [email protected] or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Hannah French and New York-based historian Ron Merlino explore Venetian music specifically associated with wine and the wine trade, a mainstay of 17th-century Venice's economy.

From golden birds, the silver moon, bronze spears to brass bands - a programme inspired by the materials used for Olympic medals - but we couldn't leave out the sound of brass.

The story of Bernard Herrmann's final work for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.

Robert Macfarlane, Alyson Tapp and Caroline Davison talk to poet and BBC New Generation Thinker Jade Cuttle about the musical inspiration Ralph Vaughan Williams found in the fens.

The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Kate explores the microtonal music of Czech radical Alois Hába.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists. This week: Peter Broderick, Laurel Halo and Masayoshi Fujita.