Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Schumann and Chopin recordings; Disc of the Week: Strauss: Four Last Songs; Ein Heldenleben.
Tom Service travels to Switzerland in search of the real Richard Strauss and sheds new light on some of the composer's later music in particular. Show more
Sacred and instrumental works by Antonio Bertali, director of music at the Vienna court in the 17th century, played at the 2014 Utrecht Early Music Festival by Concerto Palatino. Show more
Inspired by Radio 3 Breakfast's Best of British Playlist, Simon Heffer chooses favourite music by British composers, including Bliss, Holst, Butterworth, Boyce, Foulds and Moeran. Show more
Matthew Sweet introduces music written for films inspired by the acting profession, coinciding with the opening of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's new comedy drama Birdman. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music from Miles Davis, the very first disc by Acker Bilk and songs from Norwegian vocalist Karin Krog.
Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Andrew Davis conducts Humperdinck's opera Hansel und Gretel with Heidi Stober as Gretel and Jennifer Johnson Cano as Hansel. Show more
Claire Martin looks ahead to 2015 in the company of Kevin LeGendre. Plus the second instalment of a concert set from the Konzerhaus, Vienna featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman. Show more
Ilan Volkov leads the BBC SSO in new music from Iceland, including Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, David Brynjar Franzson, Charles Ross and Thrainn Hjalmarsson. Show more
Geoffrey Smith showcases Count Basie's 'New Testament' band of the 1950s and 60s, which topped the charts with such hits as April in Paris and Lil Darlin. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes a concert of Mendelssohn and Chausson from Polish Radio. Show more
