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100 Years of British Music

Penny Gore presents British music from the 20th and 21st centuries

2008 Lucerne Festivals

Louise Fryer presents a series featuring performances from the 2008 Lucerne Festivals

20th Century Greats

Penny Gore presents great concertos and symphonies from the 20th century

49th Parallel North

Series of performances given in cities and towns along the US/Canada border

A Prelude to Youth

Performances from the final rounds of the 2010 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

A Tribute to Edward Downes

Penny Gore presents a week celebrating the BBC work of the late conductor Edward Downes

A Trip Away

Penny Gore presents music inspired by foreign travel, from America to Austria and to Italy

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Including Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Monica Groop performing works by Schubert, Berg and Mahler.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Szymanowski Quartet performing Szymanowski and Ravel.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Aronowitz Ensemble performing Borodin and Glinka.

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Another chance to hear a Prom featuring Beethoven's Symphony No 5 and Grosse Fuge.

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With BBC Proms 2008: The NYO in Varese's Ameriques, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4.

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With the Lunchtime Concert: the Royal String Quartet perform Shostakovich and Beethoven.

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Including the Prelude and Act 1 of Wagner's Gotterdammerung recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Philippe Cassard performing works by Debussy and Scriabin.

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The Lunchtime Concert features pianist Freddy Kempf performing Pictures at an Exhibition.

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In the Lunchtime Concert, pianist Ingrid Fliter works by Haydn, Beethoven and Chopin.

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The RPO Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (excerpts), and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5.

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Brahms and Sibelius from the Risor Festival, in a white wooden church on Norway's coast.

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Including Act 2 of Wagner's Gotterdammerung recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Daniel Hope performing works by Schnittke and Mendelssohn.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Eugene Asti playing songs by Debussy, Delius and Stanford.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Alison Balsom Ensemble performing Vivaldi and Piazzolla

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A Prom featuring Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and Job.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Arcanto Quartet in works by Bartok and Brahms.

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Including Act 3 of Wagner's Gotterdammerung recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Brahms, Faure and Debussy.

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Lunchtime Concert: Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam play Gade, Grieg and Mendelssohn.

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In the Lunchtime Concert, violinist Jennifer Pike performs violin sonatas by Debussy.

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The Lunchtime Concert features cellist Adrian Brendel in Schubert's Quintet in C, D956.

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Another chance to hear a Prom featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Bruch and Strauss.

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Susanna Malkki leading the Philharmonia in works including Eotvos' violin concerto Seven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Couperin, Bach and Beethoven.

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In the Lunchtime Concert, the Gould Piano Trio perform Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Tokyo Quartet performing music by Webern and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features The Aronowitz Ensemble performing music for string quintet.

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Another chance to hear a Prom featuring music by Liverpool-born composer Kenneth Hesketh.

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A Prom with the Oslo Philharmonic in works by Magnus Lindberg, Rachmaninov and Sibelius.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert. With the Vermeer Quartet live from the Wigmore Hall.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Bach, Haydn, Rameau and Scarlatti.

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The Lunchtime Concert features miniatures and larger works by Mendelssohn and Gade.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes a performance of Mozart's Adagio in B flat.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) performing works by Hadyn and Chopin

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A repeat of a Prom, with Beethoven's Symphony No 1 and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 1/4. The Trio Wanderer.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Kopelman Quartet performing Beethoven and Shostakovich.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes music by CPE Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

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In the Lunchtime Concert, the Aronowitz Ensemble perform octets by Mendelssohn and Gade.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Trio Jean Paul performing works by Haydn and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 4.

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A repeat of a Proms Ethel Smyth celebration, with her Concerto for Horn and Violin.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians.

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The Lunchtime Concert has members of the Belcea Quartet performing Schubert chamber music.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes cellist Steven Isserlis at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Haydn, Saint-Georges and Beethoven.

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In the Lunchtime Concert Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles perform Schubert and Britten.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the world premiere of Lindberg's Duo for cello and piano.

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A repeat of a Prom inspired by rustic dances. Including Brahms's Violin Concerto.

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Another chance to hear a Prom featuring the BBC SO and Chorus in Verdi's Requiem.

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Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 3/4. Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaya.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes the Nash Ensemble at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of works on a naval theme.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Mozart's Divertimento in E flat.

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Lunchtime Concert: pianist Till Fellner in works by Mozart, Holliger and Schumann.

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BBC Proms 2008: The BBC NOW under Tadaaki Otaka in music by Elgar and Tchaikovsky.

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Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes soprano Felicity Lott at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Beethoven, Schoenberg and Schubert.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Schubert's Winterreise.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Psophos Quartet in music by Franck and Debussy.

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BBC Proms 2008: Rimsky-Korsakov's Kashchey the Immortal and Stravinsky's The Firebird.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Gaudier Ensemble, who perform Beethoven chamber works.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes the Nash Ensemble at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes baroque chamber music for winds.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music from pre-revolutionary 18th century Paris.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes cabaret songs by Britten, Schoenberg, Poulenc and Satie.

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The Lunchtime Concert features baritone Thomas Allen singing settings of French poetry.

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The BBC SO in works by Messiaen, Stravinsky, Ravel and conductor George Benjamin.

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BBC Proms 2008: The RSNO peform works by Roussel, Rachmaninov and Debussy.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Schumann's Dichterliebe.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music from 18th century Europe, by JC Bach and Clementi.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Belcea Quartet performing Webern's 5 Movements, Op 5.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Gould Piano Trio performing a piano trio by Saint-Saens

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The Ulster Orchestra in a Prom featuring music by Ferguson, Stanford, Smetana and Dvorak.

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Martyn Brabbyns conducts the BBC SO in music by Vaughan Williams, Xenakis and Holst.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with the Takacs Quartet performing Mozart and Dvorak.

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BBC Philharmonic in Smetana, BBC CO in Gregson and BBC Philhamonic in Tchaikovsky.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by a young Mozart and Joseph Haydn's brother, Michael

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Beethoven's Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1

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Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Jean Efflam Bavouzet in works by Ravel, Satie and Debussy.

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BBC Proms 2008: Works by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Plus chamber music.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Florestan Trio, who perform Mozart and Shostakovich.

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Presented by Karishmeh Felfeli. Including the BBC SSO in music by Brahms and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features songs by Faure, Wolf and Strauss.

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The Lunchtime Concert features famous trios by Haydn and Mozart.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of works by Brahms and Schumann.

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A special programme of Vaughan Williams recordings, with music including Symphony No 3.

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The Lunchtime Concert features songs by Hahn and Beethoven's Septet in E flat.

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BBC Proms 2008: Gershwin, Stravinsky, Bernstein, plus new works by Simcock and Yarde.

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The Lunchtime Concert features tenor Allan Clayton and pianist James Baillieu.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Aronowitz Ensemble performing Faure and Schoenberg.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Britten Sinfonia performing a chamber music programme.

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A special programme of Vaughan Williams recordings, includes his Fifth Symphony.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes Debussy's Premiere rapsodie and Beethoven's Archduke Trio.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Aronowitz Ensemble in works by Britten and Bridge.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Britten Sinfonia performing works by Bach and Brahms.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Mozart's Serenade in C minor, K388.

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Lunchtime Concert: Bass-baritone Gerald Finley and Julius Drake (piano) in works by Grieg.

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The Lunchtime Concert features soprano Eilish Tynan and pianist Christopher Glynn.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Gwilym Simcock performing pieces from his debut album.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Beethoven and Ravel.

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The Lunchtime concert features soprano Felicity Lott singing French and American music.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, a recital of Berg and Brahms by German pianist Lars Vogt.

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The Lunchtime Concert features pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja in works by Schumann and Chopin

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The Lunchtime Concert features cellist Danjulo Ishizaka and pianist Jose Gallardo.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Cedric Tiberghien performing Chopin and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Beethoven's Quartet in D, Opus 18 plus a work by Bartok.

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Lunchtime Concert: Britten Sinfonia. British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Boris Giltburg (piano) playing Bach, Beethoven and Franck.

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Gianandrea Noseda conducts Puccini's opera Il Tabarro. Plus Rachmaninov's Symphony No 1.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Britten, Debussy and Alberga.

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In The Lunchtime Concert are Beethoven's Quartet No 3 in C and Bartok's Quartet No 4 in C.

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The Lunchtime Concert features cellist Han-Na Chang performing Bach's Suite No 1 in G.

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Lunchtime Concert: The Florestan Trio with Susan Gritton in works by Haydn and Schubert.

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The BBC Philharmonic in a Prom featuring Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with the Beaux Arts Trio performing works by Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Danjulo Ishizaka and Martin Helmchen performing Messiaen.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Beethoven's Quartet in F and Haydn's Quartet No 4 in D.

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The Lunchtime Concert features mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin performing a work by Janacek.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Pavel Haas Trio performing music by Mozart and Dvorak.

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A Prom with Martin Frost (clarinet) and the Gothenburg SO in music by Ravel and Berlioz.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Guarneri Quartet, who perform Haydn and Smetana.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Ebene Quartet performing Webern, Gribbin and Ravel.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Beethoven's Quartet No 6 and Bartok's Quartet No 5.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes a performance of Schubert's Schwanengesang, D957.

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The Lunchtime Concert features tenor Mark Padmore performing works by Bach and Buxtehude.

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Another chance to hear the BBC SO under Jiri Behlolavek in works by Carter and Messiaen.

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A Proms featuring the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Haydn, Schoenberg and Brahms.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Trio Goya in works by Haydn and Mozart.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Poulenc, Hersant, Phibbs and Ravel.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Joanna MacGregor performing works by Bach and Shostakovich.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Nachtmusik performing works by Mozart and Haydn.

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Featuring works by Bax and Finzi, plus violinist Nigel Kennedy in Elgar's Violin Concerto.

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Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC SO and Chorus in three works by Janacek. Plus Chamber Music

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The Lunchtime Concert features pianist Melvyn Tan in works by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features cellist Truls Mork performing suites by Bach and Britten.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen performing Schumann and Bach.

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Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Imogen Cooper. China Focus: music by Chinese composer Tan Dun.

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Another chance to hear a Prom with French music. With Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony.

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Haydn: The Seven Last Words. James MacMillan: Seven Last Words. Elgar: Piano Quintet.

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Featuring the inaugural recording by the BBC Philharmonic of Elgar's The Crown of India.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Quatour Mosaiques, who perform Mendelssohn and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Stravinsky, Haydn and Schumann.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Artemis Quartet performing works by Bach and Beethoven.

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Lunchtime Concert: Aldeburgh Festival highlights. Plus China Focus.

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Another chance to hear a Prom with Rossini: William Tell Overture and Elgar: Symphony No 1

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The Lunchtime Concert features violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cedric Tiberghien.

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Including Wagner's Das Rheingold recorded at the Bayreuth Festival.

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The Lunchtime Concert features soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Barber, Bridge, Moeran and Britten.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Haydn and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Ilya Gringolts performing works by Bach and Bartok.

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Lunchtime Concert: Steven Isserlis in works by Debussy and Janacek. Plus China Focus.

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The BBC SO in Mendelssohn's Overture to Ruy Blas and Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2.

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A Prom featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Nigel Osborne and Beethoven.

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Including Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Korngold, Goossens, Ives, Finzi and Howells.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes works by Beethoven and Haydn.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes sonatas by Mozart and Schubert.

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Lunchtime Concert: Carolyn Sampson in songs by Debussy and Poulenc. Plus China Focus.

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Prom with the BBC SSO in a premiere by Elliott Carter, plus Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with a recital by tenor Andrew Kennedy.

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Including Act 2 of Wagner's Die Walkure recorded at Bayreuth.

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The LSO under Valery Gergiev in a complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes works by MacDowell, Vaughan Williams and Copland.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Navarra Quartet in quartets by Beethoven and Haydn.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Kate Royal and Christine Rice performing works by Schumann.

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Lunchtime Concert: Pierre-Laurent Aimard in works by Bach and Kurtag. Plus China Focus.

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An electro-acoustic Prom, featuring Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos plango, vivos voco.

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The Lunchtime Concert features cellist Danjulo Ishizaka and pianist Jose Gallardo.

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Including Act 3 of Wagner's Die Walkure recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features music by Wolf, plus Gustav and Alma Mahler.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes works by Copland, Barber, Moeran and Walton.

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Lunchtime Concert features the Rosamunde Quartet in late quartets by Haydn and Beethoven.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat, D929.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Tokyo String Quartet performing Beethoven and Schumann.

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Another chance to hear a Prom featuring works by Bax, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams.

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The BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek in Dvorak's 16 Slavonic Dances and Janacek's Osud.

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The Lunchtime Concert features pianist Gwilym Simcock performing jazz piano music.

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Including Act 1 of Wagner's Siegfried recorded at Bayreuth.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Florian Boesch performing works by Brahms and Strauss.

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The Lunchtime Concert includes music by Ives, Pitfield, Barber, Bridge and Copland.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Cui, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov.

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The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Poulenc's Elegie for horn and piano.

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Another chance to hear a Prom featuring a new work by Simon Holt and Debussy's Nocturnes.

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The Gurzenich Orchestra in their Proms debut perform Mahler's 5th Symphony.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Ebene Quartet who perform works by Brahms and Schubert.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Mahler and Brahms.

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The Lunchtime Concert features songs by Borodin, Cui and Mussorgsky.

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The Lunchtime Concert features Cantus Koln and Konrad Junghanel performing works by Bach.

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A Prom with works by Mussorgsky, Ades, Prokofiev and Borodin.

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The Lunchtime Concert features the Aronowitz Ensemble performing Tchaikovsky and Schnittke

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The Lunchtime Concert features Sara Mingardo performing music by Mahler and Wagner.

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The Lunchtime Concert features works by Mendelssohn and Weber.

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With a Prom featuring Messiaen's La transfiguration. Plus Chamber Music: Schubert.

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Including Act 2 of Wagner's Siegfried recorded at Bayreuth.

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Penny Gore presents a performance of Handel's mythical 'opera seria' Amadigi di Gaula.

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From BBC Hoddinott Hall, the BBC NOW perform Hodinott, Bruch, Sibelius and Nielsen.

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Includes Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre and Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead.

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Louise Fryer presents music inspired by the sea and the satanic. With Liszt: Totentanz.

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Louise Fryer has works inspired by the sea and the satanic. With Tchaikovsky's The Tempest

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Louise Fryer with music inspired by the sea and the satanic. With Liszt: A Faust Symphony.

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With Louise Fryer. Music inspired by the sea and the satanic, with Elgar's Sea Pictures.

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American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings Elmira in Floridante.

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Acts 1 and 2.

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Louise Fryer presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Admeto, starring countertenor Rene Jacobs.

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Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Alcina, seen as possibly Handel's greatest opera.

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The series of Handel operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of Arianna in Creta.

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Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of Ariodante.

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Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Arminio.

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Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's opera Atalanta.

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Penny Gore presents a performance of Berenice, Queen of Egypt from 1994.

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BBC Radio 3's cycle of Handel operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of Deidamia.

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Louise Fryer presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's forgotten masterpiece Ezio

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Louise Fryer presents a performance of Handel's opera Faramondo.

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Handel's Fernando, Re di Castiglia, featuring Lawrence Zazzo and Veronica Cangemiunder.

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Louise Fryer presents Handel's tragi-comic opera Flavio.

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BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Hercules.

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Radio 3's cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Poro, re dell'Indie.

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With Penny Gore. BBC Radio 3's series of the complete Handel operas continues with Serse.

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Louise Fryer presents Handel's opera Siroe, with Ann Hallenberg and Capella Coloniensis.

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Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Tolomeo.

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Another chance to hear a Prom which traces East/West musical cross-fertilisation.

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Presented by Penny Gore. A Prom celebrating the music of Elgar, Delius and Holst.

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Presented by Penny Gore. A Prom featuring Holst's Choral Symphony, plus Delius and Elgar.

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A Prom featuring music by Smetana, Bartok, Martinu and Stravinsky.

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Another chance to hear Andris Nelsons' Proms debut. With Casken, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky.

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Another chance to hear the Bamberg SO performing music by Widmann, Bruckner and Mozart.

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Another chance to hear the Halle in a Prom featuring works by Berlioz and Mendelssohn.

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Another chance to hear a Prom with the BBCNOW in Berlioz, Michael Jarrell and Beethoven.

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BBCNOW in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto. Plus Holliger and Prokofiev.

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BBC Philharmonic. Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto. Plus Mahler.

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BBC Philharmonic Italian tribute: featuring Mendelssohn, Rossini, Maxwell Davies, Respighi

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BBC SO/Knussen in Respighi, Helen Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen and Balakirev (orch Casella).

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NYO in Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 (with Stephen Hough), plus Lutoslawski, Respighi.

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Britten Sinfonia and three piano duos in Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens

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Jonathan Swain with the finale of Proms 2009 Piano Day: Antheil, Adams, Bartok, Stravinsky

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A Prom with the Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits in Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian

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Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in Handel choral hits, including Coronation Anthems.

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BBC Proms 2009: Ravel: La valse. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring. Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto.

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The BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Jonny Greenwood, Stravinsky and Birtwistle.

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A Prom featuring Stravinsky's ballet Orpheus and Beethoven's Choral Symphony.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in music by Falla, Andriessen and Ravel.

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Ivan Fischer conducts his Budapest Festival Orchestra in Prokofiev, Bartok and Dvorak.

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BBC Proms 2009: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Detlev Glanert, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performs Liszt's Les Preludes, plus Wagner and Berlioz.

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Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Mendelssohn: Octet. Berg: Chamber Concerto.

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The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vanska perform Haydn, Szymanowski and Brahms.

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LSO/Valery Gergiev in Schnittke: Nagasaki. Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor.

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OAE/Sir Roger Norrington perform Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn.

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Michael Nyman performs his well-known works. Anu Komsi (soprano), Michael Nyman Band.

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BBC SSO/Donald Runnicles performs Adams, Mozart and Strauss.

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BBC SO/David Robertson performs Stravinsky's Agon and Tchaikovsky's Concerto Fantasia.

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Bernard Haitink conducts the LSO in a performance of Mahler's 9th Symphony.

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Presented by Penny Gore. A Prom with the BBC Philharmonic in lesser-known English works.

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The opening concert of the 2009 Proms.

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Haydn's Creation from the BBC Proms. Gabrieli Consort and Players under Paul McCreesh.

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Proms 2009: Stravinsky: Pulcinella. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5. Schumann: Piano Concerto.

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A Prom featuring Ben Foskett: From Trumpet; Beethoven: Symphony No 4 and Berlioz: Te Deum.

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Including Vaughan Williams: The Wasps; Five Mystical Songs. Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3.

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Act 3 of Handel's Radamisto followed by a special concert in aid of Comic Relief.

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Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Radamisto.

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Jonathan Swain with music by Debussy, Rimsky Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Stravinsky.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with baritone Ronan Collett and pianist Chris Glynn.

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Featuring the Lunchtime Concert: pieces by Bach and Handel, plus two works by Kalevi Aho.

Ancient Greece

Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greece, focusing on Theseus and Ariadne

Austrian Performing Groups

Series featuring performances by some of Austria's leading performing groups

Baltic Sea Festival 2009

Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden

Barber/Schuman Centenary

A celebraton of the work of American composers Samuel Barber and William Schuman.

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Penny Gore presents performances given by the BRSO, one of Europe's leading ensembles

BBC Concert Orchestra

Series of performances given in 2009 by the BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

A celebration of the BBCNOW's work since 1983, to celebrate their new home in Cardiff

BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Musical Firsts

Penny Gore presents a series centring on musical firsts featuring the BBC NOW

BBC National Orchestra of Wales on the Road

Series of performances given in the UK and abroad by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Performing Groups

Louise Fryer presents music from the BBC orchestras and Singers

BBC Performing Groups 2010

Katie Derham presents a series featuring new recordings made by the BBC's recording groups

BBC Performing Groups Live

Series of live performances and recordings made by the BBC's orchestras and singers

BBC Philharmonic

Series of performances by the BBC Philharmonic, featuting Radio 3 New Generation Artists

BBC Philharmonic at 75

Series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season in 2010

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Swain presents a series showcasing the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Penny Gore presents a series demonstrating the wide repertoire of the BBC SSO

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary

Katie Derham celebrates the 75th birthday of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Orkney

Katie Derham celebrates the BBC SSO's visit to the 2010 St Magnus Festival in Orkney

BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

Penny Gore with a series celebrating the work of the BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Louise Fryer presents performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek

BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary

Louise Fryer presents an 80th birthday celebration of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Series of concerts by the BBC SO and Chorus, who celebrate their 80th birthday in 2009

Beethoven Plus

A complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with quartets by Haydn and Bartok

Beethoven Symphony Cycle

Penny Gore presents the Beethoven symphonies from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Belcea Quartet and Friends

The Belcea Quartet perform chamber music, recorded at the Perth Concert Hall

Berlin Philharmonic

Series celebrating the versatility of the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic

Berlin Philharmonic 2010

Series of concerts given by the famous Berlin Philharmonic

Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, with music from German orchestras.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Jonathan Swain presents performances of Czech music given by the BBC's orchestras

Brahms

BBC orchestras perform symphonies, choral and orchestral works

Brahms Plus

Series featuring the full cycle of Brahms's symphonies and music for the violin

Chopin and His Influences

Series featuring music by Chopin and some other composers who were influenced by him

Cleveland Orchestras

Louise Fryer with performances by the Cleveland Orchestra and the ensemble Apollo's Fire

Composer-Conductor-Performers

Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating musicians who have worked in dual roles

Concertgebouw Matinee

Penny Gore presents a series of concerts given at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

Dance

John Shea presents performances of music inspired by dance

David Oistrakh

A celebration of the career of the great Russian violinist and conductor David Oistrakh

Dresden and Leipzig

Louise Fryer celebrates the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

European Festivals

Series of early music performances from some of 2009's European festivals

European Summer Festivals 2007

Highlights from classical music gatherings across the continent

Exile

Jonathan Swain presents BBC orchestras performing music with the theme of displacement

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Series focusing on the varied output of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra

Penny Gore presents a series of performances focusing on the BBC Concert Orchestra

Folk Influences

Music by composers inspired by European folk songs, performed by different BBC orchestras

Heroes and Villains

Series featuring musical heroes and villains, performed by BBC orchestras

Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Swain presents some of the highlights of Ilan Volkov conducting the BBC SSO

In Concert at the Concertgebouw

Concerts given at one of the world's finest concert halls - the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

International Orchestras

Louise Fryer presents a series featuring orchestras with international lineups

Italy

Performances by the BBC Philharmonic, including pieces with an Italian theme

Joachim Legacy

A series of recitals marking the centenary of the death of violinist Joseph Joachim

Kings and Queens

Series featuring music inspired by kings, queens and emperors, as well as music by Smetana

Looking East

Music by Western composers taking Asia as their inspiration

Lucerne Festivals 2009

Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Lucerne Festival, featuring Europe's top groups.

Maestro - Herbert von Karajan and Friends

Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of conductor Herbert von Karajan

Magical Mystery Tour

Jonathan Swain presents music exploring musical sorcery and the supernatural

Mahler

Series of performances celebrating various facets of Gustav Mahler's life and work

Mahler - Conductor and Arranger

Louise Fryer presents a series focusing on Mahler's work as a conductor and arranger

Maida Vale 75th Anniversary

A celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios

Mainly Mancunian

The BBC Philharmonic and Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass 2009 highlights

Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works

Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle

A series of all five symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn, a Radio 3 Composer of the Year 2009

Messiaen in Context

Series of performances of music by Messiaen's contemporaries and composers he admired

Musical Outsiders

Katie Derham presents music by Elgar and pieces by composers who were 'musical outsiders'.

New Generation Artists Chamber Music

Chamber music performed by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme

New York Philharmonic

Katie Derham presents performances given at Avery Fisher Hall by the New York Philharmonic

Norway and Sweden

A taste of the music of Norway and Sweden, at an important time culturally for them

On the Road

Programmes following the BBC Singers and BBC SO as they travel across the UK and Europe

On Tour

The BBC Orchestras and Singers in recordings from China, Spain and the Czech Republic

Orchestras of Radio France

Series of performances given in Paris by the city's two radio symphony orchestras

Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007

Afternoon on 3 includes concerts and recitals from the Oxford Chamber Music Festival

Piano Concertos

Penny Gore presents piano concertos, from the well-loved to the lesser-known

Presteigne Festival 2007

Music from the festival, including performers the Psophos Quartet and new commissions

Proms 2010 Repeats

Another chance to hear concerts from the 2010 BBC Proms season

Richard Hickox Tribute

Penny Gore introduces a tribute to the late conductor Richard Hickox

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Louise Fryer presents performances the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 2009-10 season

Salzburg and Vienna

Highlights of the 2008 Salzburg festival, plus performances by the Vienna Philharmonic

Salzburg and Vienna 2009

Jonathan Swain introduces orchestral and chamber music from Salzburg and Vienna

Schubertiade Festival 2007

Series of recitals from the Schubertiade Festival, Scwarzenburg, Austria, in its 31st year

Schumann

Katie Derham introduces performances of Schumann's music from around Europe

Schwetzingen Festival 2007

Performances from the festival of opera and classical music in Schwetzingen, Germany

Shakesepeare and McCabe

Penny Gore presents music marking the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe

Sibelius and the Sibelius Academy

Series of performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy, and works by Sibelius himself

Song and Dance

Penny Gore presents performances featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups

A focus on the BBC's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of BBC Proms performances

St Petersburg Conservatory

Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating the legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory

Summer Festivals 2008

Highlights from the summer 2008 music festivals in Europe and North America

Summer Festivals 2009

Series celebrating the riches and diversity of 2009's musical summer

Summer Festivals 2010

Jonathan Swain presents music from festivals in Europe and beyond performed in 2010

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Louise Fryer presents concert recordings made by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Telling the Tale

Louise Fryer takes listeners to a land of fairytales and stories

The Big Concert Plus

Penny Gore presents concerts given to celebrate all seven BBC performing groups

The Cello

Series focusing on the cello, featuring a great work for the instrument

The Cleveland Orchestra

Programmes of concerts by the Cleveland Orchestra, one of America's great orchestras

The Consolation of Philosophy

Penny Gore presents inspired by philosophers and philosophical ideas

The Genius of Mozart

Celebrating the music of Mozart with live and recorded performances of his works

The Viola

Series focusing on music for the viola, considered to be the 'cinderella of the orchestra'

Thursday Opera Matinee

Series of sixteen operas recently recorded at some of the world's greatest opera houses

Tod Handley: A Tribute

A tribute to Vernon 'Tod' Handley, with recordings he made throughout his great career

Tone Poems

Louise Fryer presents a series focusing on the musical equivalent of poetry - tone poems

Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ Music

Music placing Messiaen in the context of the tradition of French church and organ music

Towards Messiaen: Exoticism

Music placing Messiaen in the conxtext of French musical themes, focusing on exoticism

Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures

Music placing Messiaen in the context of significant themes in French music history

Towards Messiaen: The Stage

Music placing Messiaen in the conxtext of French musical themes: With opera and ballet

Ulster Orchestra

Katie Derham showcases some of the Ulster Orchestra's most recent performances

Ulster Orchestra Summer Series

The Ulster Orchestra performs music as part of the 2009 BBC Summer Concert series

Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations

Series of programmes focusing on music from each of the five nations of the British Isles

Vienna

Series of concerts featuring music and performers from Vienna. Plus Sibelius from the NZSO

Wall2Wall, FiddleFest

A series of concerts from the 2007 Fiddlefest, Londonderry, which showcase the violin