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: Verdi: Rigoletto; Decca recordings of music by Britten; Disc of the Week: Schumann: Violin Sonatas.
Music Matters
Michael Gove, The Full English, Forbidden Music
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Michael Gove talks about schools' music policy. Plus the Full English - a new digital archive of folk music and Michael Haas's book on Jewish composers banned by the Nazis. Show more
In a programme marking the Britten centenary year, Catherine Bott explores the musical relationship between Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell. Show more
The Brodsky Quartet in a live recital from the Wigmore Hall in London. Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 (Serioso). Britten: String Quartet No 2 in C, Op 36. Show more
Simon Heffer celebrates music from the British Isles. With Walton, Moeran, Britten, William Hurlstone, Hubert Parry, Frank Bridge, Malcolm Williamson and George Lloyd. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' requests in all styles of jazz.
Ivan Hewett presents a performance of Rossini's opera La Donna del Lago given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Juan Diego Florez, Joyce DiDonato and Colin Lee. Show more
Artist Sebastiane Hegarty explores voice, recording and memory in a sound portrait of his mother, who died in 2011. Show more
A performance of Winter's Edge, the first string quartet by Belfast-born composer Ian Wilson, given by the Vanbrugh Quartet, for whom it was written. Show more
The London Sinfonietta perform music by Luke Bedford and Gerard Grisey. Plus an interview with experimental composer Gavin Bryars. Show more
Geoffrey Smith explores the music of saxophone player Johnny Griffin, known as 'the little giant of the tenor'. Including a series of saxophone duels with Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents an all-Mendelssohn concert from the 2012 Proms, given by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly. Show more