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Kazakh National Academy of Music

The instruments of Kazakhstan and the people who play them

• 22 mins

Jonathan Franzen interview

The American writer talks about his novel Corrections

• 24 mins

Vladimir Ashkenazy interview

The life and work of the Russian born conductor and virtuoso pianist

• 24 mins

Bahaa Taher interview

The Egyptian novelist talks about his novel Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery

• 23 mins

Puccini's Tosca

A review of a new film of the Italian opera, starring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu

• 23 mins

Zadok the Priest

An examination of Handel鈥檚 coronation anthem by the singers who have performed it

• 23 mins

John Adams interview

The American composer talks about his controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer

• 24 mins

Ivan Vladislavic interview

The South African storyteller talks about his novel The Restless Supermarket

• 24 mins

Agatha Christie鈥檚 The Mousetrap

What is the secret behind the longest running play in the world?

• 24 mins

Maxim Vengerov

The life and work of Alexandrovich Vengerov, the Israeli violinist

• 24 mins

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Magnus Lindberg interview

The Finnish composers talk about their remarkable musical partnership

• 26 mins

Glenn Miller's In The Mood

A celebration of the American big band leader鈥檚 1940 hit

• 23 mins

Ralph Vaughan Williams鈥� The Lark Ascending

A celebration of the English composer鈥檚 pastoral masterpiece

• 24 mins

Chenjerai Hove interview

The Zimbabwean writer talks about his latest novel Ancestors

• 24 mins

Bunmi Oyinsan interview

The Nigerian writer talks about her work, which ranges from novels to dramas for TV

• 24 mins

The American contralto Marian Anderson

A centenary tribute to one of the most remarkable singers of the 20th century

• 24 mins

JG Ballard interview

The British author talks about his unsettling fiction from his suburban London home.

• 24 mins

The Diwan bookstore, Cairo

An interview with the co-founder of the bookstore and cultural space in Cairo, Egypt

• 23 mins

麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3 World Music awards

How do you define world music?

• 24 mins

Michael Holroyd interview

The celebrated British biographer talks about the craft of biography and its origins

• 24 mins

Joseph Conrad鈥檚 Heart of Darkness

How Joseph Conrad鈥檚 masterpiece was a response to real events in the Congo of the 1880s

• 24 mins

Van Gogh鈥檚 Sunflowers

What makes Vincent Van Gogh鈥檚 much-loved still life a masterpiece?

• 23 mins

David Grossman interview

The Israeli author talks about his unsettling novel Be My Knife

• 24 mins

Anthony Rooley and Emma Kirkby interview

The lutenist and soprano talk about their hugely successful musical partnership

• 26 mins

Anne Sofie von Otter performing Cecile Chaminade

A review of Anne Sofie von Otter performing Cecile Chaminade鈥檚 songs

• 24 mins

Langston Hughes

A profile of the African American poet and the leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance

• 24 mins

A History of the N-word

A programme devoted to one word: nigger. Author Randall Kennedy on his history of the word

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� London

How the darker side of London's history has been used in films about crime

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� New York

How New York is represented in the movies of Woody Allen and earlier classics

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� Los Angeles

How Los Angeles 鈥� home of Hollywood and dreams 鈥� is depicted in the movies

• 24 mins