Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
CD Review
Building a Library: Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor
3 hours, 12 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor; new releases by women composers from the last ten centuries; Disc of the Week.
Music Matters
Viktoria Mullova, Female Composers, Equality and Diversity in Classical Music, Weill's Mahagonny
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service talks to the violinist Viktoria Mullova, and Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks why there are still so few female composers represented at the highest level. Plus Weill's Mahagonny. Show more
Scandinavian vocal ensemble Trio Medieval sing music dating from the Middle Ages to the present day in the Gothic Church of Our Lady in Oberwesel on the River Rhine. Show more
To mark International Women's Day, the first female conductor of Last Night of the Proms Marin Alsop introduces a selection of pieces that illustrate her life in music. Show more
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel created an influential means of measuring the significance of the role women play in film. Matthew Sweet plays music from films that pass the Bechdel Test. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' requests, including music from Monty Sunshine and Andre Previn. Plus pianist Dick Hyman's 88th birthday and performances by female jazz musicians. Show more
Claire Martin presents a special concert paying tribute to South African group the Blue Notes, recorded on the Jazz Line-Up stage at the 2014 London Jazz Festival. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC Philharmonic - Elgar, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky
2 hours, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The BBC Philharmonic with their chief conductor Juanjo Mena perform music by Elgar, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. Show more
Kim Addonizio meets the world's top blues harmonica aficionados in the capital city of 'harps' - where the streets echo with the sound of the small organ with a big noise. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces music for low flutes performed by the group rarescale and visits the home studio of Judith Weir, master of the queen's music. Show more
Geoffrey Smith surveys a rare vocal artist, Carmen McRae. Influenced by her friend Billie Holiday, her poise and musicality made her a musician's favourite. Show more
For International Women's Day, Catriona Young presents music by women through the ages. Show more
