Victoria Meakin presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British Music Playlist, listener requests, works by neglected composers and wake-up calls. Show more
CD Review
Summer CD Review: Saint-Saens, John Adams, Gluck Operas, Strauss, Beethoven
3 hours, 12 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos (excpts); Proms Composer: John Adams; Gluck operas; Strauss: Elektra (excerpt); Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 (excpts).
Tom Service presents a special programme marking the 150th anniversary Richard Strauss's birth. With a visit to Strauss's home town and contributions from leading musicians. Show more
Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen and Alina Ibragimova (violin), Katharine Watson (soprano), Nikolay Borchev (bass-baritone). Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor. Handel: Apollo e Dafne. Show more
Matthew Sweet profiles Indian film composer AR Rahman, coinciding with the release of two new films featuring his scores: Million Dollar Arm and The Hundred-Foot Journey. Show more
London Sinfonietta under Sian Edwards with Tim Gill (cello) and Rebecca Bottone (soprano). Peter Maxwell Davies: Linguae ignis; Revelation and Fall; A Mirror of Whitening Light. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents requests, including a track recorded in Montreux in 2001 by the Keith Jarrett Standards Trio and a celebration of the work of saxophonist Kathy Stobart. Show more
Claire Martin presents concert music performed by the quartet Brass Jaw at Potterrow as part of the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Show more
In a discussion held earlier at the Royal College of Music in London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by opera journalist Hugo Shirley to introduce Strauss's Salome. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Donald Runnicles conducts Deutsche Oper Berlin in Strauss's tragic opera Salome, marking the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Show more
Tom Service presents the BBC SSO performing music by Elliott Carter, including works for piano. Plus Composers' Rooms, featuring the master of the Queen's music, Judith Weir. Show more
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of pianist Mose Allison, known as 'the sage of Tippo, Mississippi'. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes the Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing music from the golden age of jazz. With Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist in Gershwin's Piano Concerto. Show more
