Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
CD Review
Building a Library: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
3 hours, 12 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; vocal music by Handel; Disc of the Week: Brahms: Three Violin Sonatas.
Music Matters
Philharmonie de Paris, Boganyi Piano, Elgar Howarth
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service discusses the Boganyi, a revolutionary new model of piano to be unveiled in Budapest. Show more
In a concert given in St Nicholas's Church, Leipzig, as part of the 2014 Leipzig Bach Festival, Jan Tomasz Adamus conducts Capella Cracoviensis in cantatas by Bach and CPE Bach. Show more
Saturday Classics
Simon Heffer: Best of British Playlist
Episode 4: Simon Heffer: Best of British Playlist
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Simon Heffer chooses music by British composers, including Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Holst, Haydn Wood, Joseph Holbrooke, Justin Connolly, Gordon Crosse and Donald Tovey. Show more
Matthew Sweet introduces film music evoking both the lighter side and the darkness of the city. With scores from movies including Metropolis, Blade Runner and La Dolce Vita. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music with a West Coast flavour, by Shorty Rogers, Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond. Show more
Claire Martin is joined by Kevin LeGendre to celebrates two significant jazz birthdays: vocalist and composer Robert Wyatt's 70th and saxophonist Tubbby Hayes 80th. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Stravinsky, Verdi
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London, Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Verdi's Requiem and Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles. Show more
Hear and Now
James Dillon, Hector Parra, Morton Feldman - 2014 Huddersfield Festival
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Robert Worby presents music by James Dillon, Hector Parra and Morton Feldman performed at the 2014 Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music. Show more
Geoffrey Smith salutes the keyboard great James P Johnson, who taught Fats Waller, accompanied Bessie Smith and composed both jazz standards and classical works. Show more
Catriona Young's selection includes music from the 2014 Proms. Edward Gardner conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Lutoslawski. Show more
