Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring music from World War I, the Best of British Music Playlist and listener requests. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Recent releases with a link to World War I; Disc of the Week: Bernstein: West Side Story.
Music Matters
Live from Glyndebourne: Why Does Opera Matter Today?
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
In a special live edition in front of an audience at Glyndebourne's Ebert Room, Petroc Trelawny and a panel of guests discuss the question 'why does opera matter today?'. Show more
Concert from the 2012 Cheltenham Festival, featuring music connected with the year 1918, by Debussy, Stravinsky and Bruch. With Anthony Marwood (violin), Jennifer Sturm (viola). Show more
Cellist Steven Isserlis chooses some of his favourite music from times of war, including pieces by Debussy, Faure, Martinu, Poulenc and Beethoven. Show more
Matthew Sweet introduces film music inspired by movies about old age, prompted by the new release The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of jazz requests features music with a summer theme, including Dave Brubeck and Machito's Afro-Cubans. Plus Eric Dolphy, George Lewis and Johnny Griffin. Show more
Julian Joseph interviews American saxophonist Jean Toussaint and previews his new album Tate Song. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Cappella Mediterranea - Falvetti's Il Diluvio Universale
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Fribourg, John Shea presents a concert in which Cappella Mediterranea performs Il Diluvio Universale by the Sicilian composer Michelangelo Falvetti. Show more
Feature on the delights of looking up at a blue sky, as Cathy FitzGerald meets a prisoner and a paraglider. With a specially composed score by Joe Acheson and the Hidden Orchestra. Show more
Hear and Now
Luca Francesconi's Quartett, Composers' Rooms: Harrison Birtwistle
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Tom Service presents the UK premiere of Luca Francesconi's chamber opera Quartett. Plus Composers' Rooms, in which Sara Mohr Pietsch meets composer Harrison Birtwistle. Show more
Geoffrey Smith considers one of the godfathers of jazz, the flamboyant Creole genius, Jelly Roll Morton. Recordings include piano solos, classics and modern tributes. Show more
Presented by Catriona Young. Including the Radio France Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko and violinist Sergei Krylov in a programme of Bartok and Sibelius. Show more
