Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ); Recent releases of Schubert songs; Disc of the Week: Mozart: Horn Concertos and Horn Quintet.
Music Matters
Nico Muhly, Hans Krasa's Brundibar, Hans Gal - Music Behind Barbed Wire
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Tom Service meets composer Nicol Muhly, previews a new production of the children's opera Brundibar and discusses composer Hans Gal's diary as an 'alien enemy' in Britain in 1940. Show more
The Huelgas Ensemble sings 15th-century English polyphony from the Eton Choirbook in a concert given at the 2014 International Sacred Music Festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. Show more
Composer Richard Sisson introduces a sequence of music associated with winter, including works by Tchaikovsky, Offenbach, Sufjan Stevens and Purcell. Show more
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by heritage to accompany the Classic Score of the Week: Copland's The Heiress. Plus part of Michael Giacchino's score for Jupiter Ascending. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' requests with a focus on the piano, including music by Hampton Hawes and Bill Evans. Show more
Julian Joseph presents part of Shakespeare Songs, a concert set in which saxophonist Andy Sheppard and pianist Guillaume de Chassey perform music inspired by Shakespeare. Show more
A concert entitled Twisting the Dial, with the BBC Concert Orchestra in music of the 60s and 70s including themes from James Bond and Thunderbirds, plus Britten and Walton. Show more
A documentary about one of Britain's most revered performance poets, John Cooper Clarke, revealing his relationship with clothes, monkeys and fatherhood. Show more
Ivan Hewett presents new works played by the Ulster Orchestra, including Deirdre McKay's opera Driven and Ian Wilson's Sullen Earth for violin and orchestra. Show more
Geoffrey Smith traces the career of drummer Buddy Rich, including his performances with Tommy Dorsey and Lester Young as well as in his own ensembles. Show more
Jonathan Swain's selection includes pianist Tobias Koch in a recital of music by Chopin and his Polish contemporaries, given on a historic piano in Poland. Show more