Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the first instalment of Peter Donohoe's 50 Great Pianists, as part of Piano Season on the BBC. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Includes Building a Library: Janacek: String Quartets; New Releases: Bruckner, Mahler, Prokofiev, Stravinsky; Discs of the Week: Choral music by Jean Mouton.
Music Matters
Anna Caterina Antonacci, the BCMG, Wagner's Ring
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
With Tom Service. Including singer Anna Caterina Antonacci, a visit to the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in its 25th anniversary year, and four views on Wagner's Ring.
Catherine Bott charts the rise and fall of one-time patron of Handel, James Brydges, who amassed great wealth and a palatial mansion with a 30-piece orchestra, only to lose it. Show more
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (piano) in a live recital from Wigmore Hall, London. Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor. Delius: Caprice and Elegy; Romance; Cello Sonata. Show more
Broadcaster Emma Forbes explores the use of piano music in film, introducing excerpts from scores for The Sting, The Pianist, The King's Speech and Brief Encounter. Show more
As part of the BBC's piano season, Alyn Shipton introduces requests for music by great jazz pianists. Including Keith Jarrett, Fats Waller and Champion Jack Dupree among others. Show more
Donald Macleod presents a performance given at the 2012 Aix-en-Provence festival of Charpentier's biblical opera David et Jonathas. With Pascal Charbonneau and Ana Quintans. Show more
Comedy play by Kate Clanchy. Teenager Ulli sets out for the Arctic and soon finds herself adrift on the dangerous currents of the blogosphere. Show more
Benjamin Grosvenor in a piano recital at Wigmore Hall. Scarlatti: Sonatas - Kk 96, Kk 434. Mompou: Canco i dansa Nos 1, 3, 6. Albeniz: Iberia - Book 1. Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole. Show more
Tom Service explores the contemporary piano, and is joined by experimenting pianist Sarah Nicolls. Plus the Hear and Now 50: Jean Barraque's Chant apres chant. Show more
Geoffrey Smith surveys the great pianists of the Harlem Stride school. Show more
John Shea introduces a song recital with soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist Susan Manhoff in a programme of Zemlinsky, Faure, Strauss, Chausson, Poulenc and Britten. Show more
