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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're heading to an Easter service or preparing a special lunch for the family.

Michael Berkeley's guest is the award-winning writer Francis Spufford.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the musical paths leading to Rimsky-Korsakov's joyful Russian Easter Overture, including Shrovetide plainchant and his star student, Stravinsky.

Tenor Nicky Spence explores the deep and often-overlooked connections between classical music and the world of musical theatre.

Alyn Shipton has the perfect mix of jazz to soundtrack your Easter Sunday, including music from Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Colin Steele, Carmen McRae & more.

Hannah French explores plainchant in music for Easter, heard in its original single line as a cantus firmus and as settings of the text which transition from Lent to Easter.

From the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge on Easter Day, with music by Wood and Elgar.

For a year during World War II, an unremarkable residence in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, became an epicentre of Western music and literature.

Readings from Natalie Simpson and Ray Fearon on the transcendent and numinous, from Shakespeare and Donne to Wordsworth and Larkin. Music from Beethoven to Bruckner.

1/12. Scottish composer Erland Cooper sits at the helm for this new series, starting simply in the realm of sleep and dreams. Plus we visit the musical safe haven of author Ian Rankin.

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.