Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Korngold: Violin Concerto; Bach expert Nicholas Anderson on recently issued box sets; Disc of the Week: Massenet: Don Quichotte.
Music Matters
Carousel, Jussi Bjorling and Pauline Oliveros
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service learns about a new production of Carousel at Opera North.
The Early Music Show
Gainsborough's Georgian England
58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Catherine Bott and art historian Michael Rosenthal explore what Thomas Gainsborough's paintings of musical subjects reveal about the role of music in late 18th century England. Show more
In a recital from the Wigmore Hall in London, Christoph Pregardien (tenor) and Christoph Schnackertz (piano) perform lieder by Wolf, Liszt and Mahler. Show more
James Jolly chooses some of his favourite recordings from Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund, who died early in 2012. Music by Sibelius, Nielsen, Walton, Brahms and Rachmaninov. Show more
Alyn Shipton takes over as presenter of Radio 3's programme of listeners' jazz requests. Including tracks by Brad Mehldau, Joe Harriott, Bix Beiderbecke and Nikki Yanofsky. Show more
Jiri Belohlavek conducts a performance of Janacek's opera The Makropoulos Case. With Karita Mattila (Emilia Marty), Richard Leech (Albert Gregor), Christopher Feigum (Baron Prus). Show more
Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Jonathan Harvey's fantasy opera, based on sketches for a Buddhist-themed work left by Wagner. Show more
Ivan Hewett presents music by Jack White, Linda Buckley and Richard Causton played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Garry Walker. Plus Messiaen's Chronochromie. Show more
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the myriad pleasures of jazz with a survey of the unique art of 'bending notes', from Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong to Iain Ballamy and Sonny Rollins. Show more
With Susan Sharpe. Featuring Stephen Hough in a performance of Saint-Saens's Fifth Piano Concerto given at the 2011 Proms, with the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. Show more