Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British Music Playlist and listener requests. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10; new operatic releases; Disc of the Week: Steven Osborne: Medtner/Rachmaninov - Sonatas.
Tom Service interviews Sir Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Show more
Music by Bach's sons performed by Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin at the 2014 Schwetzingen Festival. With WF Bach, JC Bach's G minor Symphony, Op 6 No 6 and works by CPE Bach. Show more
Harpist and BBC Ten Pieces Ambassador Catrin Finch chooses favourite music. With Bach's Goldberg Variations, Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe and music by Welsh composer William Mathias. Show more
Matthew Sweet introduces music for films inspired by puzzles and games to coincide with the new release The Maze Runner. The Classic Score of the Week is The Thomas Crown Affair. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music by Lem Winchester and Barbara Thompson, plus memories of bandleader Gerald Wilson and fusion pioneer Joe Sample. Show more
Julian Joseph presents pianist Gwilym Simcock playing at the 2014 Scarborough Jazz Festival. Plus Kevin LeGendre with Now's the Time, featuring Carmen Lundy's album Ol' Devil Moon. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC Philharmonic - Sibelius, Nielsen, Shostakovich
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, BBC Philharmonic under John Storgards. Sibelius: Rakastava. Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (soloist: Sabine Meyer). Shostakovich: Symphony No 4. Show more
A meditation on the cultural representation of comas, using music, poetry and interviews with the families of people who have a suffered brain injury. Show more
Tom Service presents recent releases of new music and a live recording of James Tenney's 1978 Saxony. And in Composers' Rooms, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits Robin Holloway. Show more
To conclude the BBC's piano season, Geoffrey Smith focuses on the work of virtuosic pianist Art Tatum, known for his great technical facility and harmonic imagination. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes a concert of Sibelius, Bach and Bruckner from the 2014 Mstislav Rostropovich Festival in Moscow. Show more
