Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating British music and continuing the Musical Map of Britain. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Brahms: Symphony No 2; Recent choral discs, including Mozart, Brahms and Suppe; Disc of the Week: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas.
Music Matters
Joyce DiDonato, Scottish Music, Mark Elder, Dutilleux Tribute
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service talks to mezzo Joyce DiDonato. Plus defining what makes a pieces of music Scottish, the OAE and Mark Elder on staging Falstaff and a tribute to Henri Dutilleux. Show more
Celebrating British music, Lucie Skeaping samples what would have been heard in the inner circles of the English royal courts from Henry VIII to George III. Show more
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Two works by British composer Nicholas Maw: One foot in Eden still, I stand. Schola Cantorum, Oxford, Mark Shepherd (conductor). Little Suite. Antonis Hatzinikolaou (guitar). Show more
Robert Worby presents highlights from 2013's Tectonics festival in Glasgow, including music by Martin Suckling, David Fennessy, John De Simone, Frank Denyer and Charles Ross. Show more
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John Shea introduces chamber music from the Fürstensaalclassix Festival in Germany, with a rare chance to hear works by celebrated conductors George Szell and Antál Dorati. Show more
