Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Plus neglected composers and amateur music groups. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Bernstein: West Side Story; Jeremy Sams on Ravel's complete works; Disc of the Week: Schubert: Symphonies Nos 3-5.
Music Matters
CPE Bach, Rudolf Buchbinder, Jonathan Reekie, Robert Ashley
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Petroc Trelawny portrays CPE Bach 300 years after his birth, pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and Aldeburgh Music's Jonathan Reekie. Plus the legacy of the late composer Robert Ashley. Show more
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and Alexei Grynyuk (piano) at Wigmore Hall, London. Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor. Mark Simpson: Night Music. Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op 119. Show more
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato explores American music, including Gershwin, Bernstein, Korngold, Barber, Billings, Gottschalk, Joplin, Ives, Ellington, Reich, Adams and Roy Harris. Show more
Sound of Cinema
Episode 19: Ancient Greece - the Soundtrack (According to Hollywood)
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet introduces music written for films set in Ancient Greece, prompted by this week's featured new release 300: Rise of an Empire. With music by Herrmann and Steiner. Show more
Alyn Shipton's requests includes Sidney Bechet, the unusual pairing of Clark Terry with Thelonious Monk, plus music from swing trumpeter Buck Clayton and pianist Mel Powell. Show more
Live from the Coliseum in London, an ENO performance of Handel's opera Rodelinda, with Rebecca Evans, Iestyn Davies, John Mark Ainsley and Susan Bickley. Christian Curnyn conducts. Show more
Ivan Hewett presents the BBC NOW performing in music by Poul Ruders and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. Plus new releases with Zoe Martlew and Gabriel Prokofiev. Show more
Geoffrey Smith surveys the passionate career of alto saxophonist Art Pepper. Famed for his intense style, he starred with Stan Kenton and in many solo recordings. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes the French National Orchestra conducted by Daniele Gatti in performances of Tchaikovsky's Symphonies Nos 2 and 3. Show more