Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Brahms: Piano Trio in B, Op 8; Chamber and vocal music by Bach and Vivaldi; Disc of the Week: Schubert: Erlkonig.
Music Matters
Simone Young, Toscanini, Autism and Music
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service talks to Australian conductor Simone Young, reviews two new books about Arturo Toscanini, and discovers the connections between music, language and autism. Show more
The Early Music Show
Jennens - Handel's librettist
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Catherine Bott visits Handel House in London to see Ruth Smith's exhibition on the life of Handel's librettist, Charles Jennens, and learn more about the man and his achievements. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. The Calefax Reed Quintet plays music by Brumel, Rameau and Debussy arranged for reed quintet. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Show more
Historian Bettany Hughes explores ancient worlds, through the sounds of antiquity and the influence that they have had on composers across time. Includes Beethoven and Handel. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' requests, including new music from drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, balladry from Miles Davis and the multi-instrumental talents of Benny Carter. Show more
Live from New York's Metropolitan Opera, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, with a cast including Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani and Erwin Schrott. Show more
Music by Italian composer Niccolo Castiglioni for piano, choir and orchestra, with Sarah Nicolls, Schola Cantorum Stuttgart and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Oliver Knussen. Show more
Catherine Johnson's new play, taking a compassionate but uncompromising look at how older men are able to lure young, vulnerable girls into the world of sex for money. Show more
Oliver Knussen conducts his own works, including Choral, Whitman Settings, Horn Concerto, Requiem and Symphony No 3. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch in conversation with Knussen. Show more
Geoffrey Smith picks his favourite tracks from the musical legacy of the so-called Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith, who dominated blues singing in the 1920s. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a concert of music by Jose de Nebra and Scarlatti with Maria Espada and Al Ayre Espagnol. Show more
