Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the final week of the Best of British Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Show more
CD Review
Building a Library: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
3 hours, 12 minutes on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished); pianist Alfred Brendel on his recording career; Disc of the Week: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 Show more
Nicholas Baragwanath explores a forgotten mode of music education used in Naples in the 18th century, which is said to have generated numerous teenage Mozarts. Show more
A selection of 16th-century Spanish vocal music of the Marian tradition by Morales, Victoria and Carceres in a concert given by vocal quartet La Colombina in Switzerland. Show more
Zenaida Yanowsky, one of the principal dancers of the Royal Ballet, chooses music that has inspired her in her personal and professional life, including Tchaikovsky and Janacek. Show more
Matthew Sweet is joined by Italian Morricone expert, Pasquale Iannone, for a look back on the career and music of the great Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' requests looking back at jazz events of 2014. Including suggestions of new bands to follow, memories of gigs and of musicians no longer with us. Show more
Jazz Line-Up
Alan Broadbent and the Mark Nightingale Big Band, plus Dee Dee Bridgewater
1 hour, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Claire Martin presents music performed by pianist, composer and arranger Alan Broadbent with the Mark Nightingale Big Band and a short set from vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater. Show more
A Prom in which Roger Norrington conducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F. Berlioz: Romeo Alone (Romeo and Juliet). Dvovak: Symphony No 9. Show more
Endymion and BBC Singers under David Hill recorded at the 2014 BBC Proms in a work by minimalism's founding father Steve Reich, The Desert Music. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present works by Brice Pauset, Hans Thomalla, Andreas Dohmen and Jon Oivind Ness in performances by Trio Accanto and the Cikada Ensemble. Show more
Geoffrey Smith celebrates Count Basie's work with his original Orchestra, which first emerged in 1936, with soloists such as Lester Young and a celebrate rhythm section. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes music performed by soprano Danielle de Niese and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Show more