Ian Skelly presents the Breakfast Show, waking up the UK with the finest classical music. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor; New releases, including Bax and Britten; Disc of the Week: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 2).
Music Matters
Brokeback Mountain, Andre Tchaikowsky
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Tom Service talks to the creators of the new opera Brokeback Mountain, based on the novel by Annie Proulx and explores the life of Polish composer and pianist Andre Tchaikowsky. Show more
Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, a concert in which Florian Boesch (baritone) and Malcolm Martineau (piano) perform lieder by Schubert and Wolf. Show more
Author Philippa Gregory presents her favourite music, including Bach, Mozart, De Monte, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Chopin, Gershwin, Delibes, Karl Jenkins and Gavin Bryars. Show more
Matthew Sweet introduces film music about war and military action behind enemy lines inspired by the new release The Lone Survivor, featuring a score by Steve Jablonsky. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of requests spans music from 1925 to the present decade. With Louis Armstrong, Luis Russell and Ken Colyer, plus Michael Hashim, Coleman Hawkins. Show more
Claire Martin presents a second instalment of concert music by Carla Bley, performed as part of the 2013 London Jazz Festival. Plus an interview with guitarist Pat Metheny. Show more
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Tom Service introduces a recording of Olga Neuwirth's American Lulu, performed at the Young Vic in London. Tom is joined by singer Jacqui Dankworth who plays Eleanor. Show more
Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of trumpet great Roy Eldridge, considered the historic link between Louis Armstrong's virtuosity and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop pyrotechnics. Show more
From Proms 2013: BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena in David Matthews's A vision of the Sea, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2, with Nobuyuki Tsujii, and Nielsen's Symphony No 4. Show more