Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Piazzolla's Libertango for guitar, Gounod's Jewel Song and Dvorak's Rondo for cello and orchestra. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Purcell: The Fairy-Queen; piano music by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Somervell; Disc of the Week: Bartok: Violin Concerto.
Iain Burnside considers the idea of how hands, fingers, thumbs and their use have directly affected Western keyboard composition. With works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Ligeti. Show more
The Early Music Show
Shakespeare's Musical Collaborator: A Profile of Robert Johnson
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lucie Skeaping examines the career and music of Shakespeare's regular musical collaborator Robert Johnson, who famously created the music for The Tempest in 1611. Show more
Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Viennese pianist Till Fellner plays a sonata in C Major by Haydn, Schumann's 'Scenes fom Childhood' and two of Liszt's Petrarch Sonnets. Show more
Gareth Malone explores the many aspects of a subject close to his heart: 'musical youth'. With works by composers including Mendelssohn, Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams.
Geoffrey Smith presents listeners' jazz requests, including Duke Ellington, Stan Tracey, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane and Julian Lage. Show more
Principal guest conductor Ilan Volkov leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Liszt: Le triomphe funebre de Tasse; Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust. Show more
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Louise Fryer presents David McVicar's production of Gounod's Faust, with tenor Vittorio Grigolo and soprano Angela Georghiu. Show more
Presented by Ivan Hewett. Steve Reich: City Life. BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Hear And Now Fifty: Sophie Fiennes on Ligeti's Atmospheres. Plus Trevor Wishart: Globalalia. Show more
Alyn Shipton is joined by Tom Perchard to explore the recorded repertoire of French saxophonist Barney Wilen, who is best known for his 1950s recordings with Miles Davis. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents pianist Evgeny Koroliov performing music by Bach and Chopin. Show more
