Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and suggestions for the annual musical advent calendar. Show more
Andrew McGregor is joined by Helen Wallace, Hannah French and Flora Willson as they discuss the best new releases of 2015. Plus Building a Library: Sibelius: Symphony No 1. Show more
Music Matters
Books on Opera and World Music, Matthew Herbert
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service reviews two books, one on some of opera's psychologically flawed characters and the other on The Other Classical Musics. Plus Finchcocks closing and Matthew Herbert. Show more
The trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth with her personal choices, including music that inspired her when she was growing up in Norway.
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music from Swedish cinema, including Erik Nordgren's scores for the films of Ingmar Bergman. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes further examples of Scandinavian jazz and another suggestion for an essential jazz record. Show more
A concert from Sage Gateshead to mark the centenary of Frank Sinatra's birth, with the BBC Big Band and jazz vocalists Liane Carroll, Claire Martin and Ian Shaw. Show more
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, a performance of Verdi's Rigoletto. Starring Piotr Beczala, Nadine Sierra and Zeljko Lucic. Roberto Abbado conducts. Show more
A meditation on the cultural representation of comas, using music, poetry and interviews with the families of people who have a suffered brain injury. Show more
In a special edition, Andrew McGregor and Sara Mohr-Pietsch present highlights from the 2015 British Composer Awards ceremony, held at BFI Southbank in London. Show more
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. Geoffrey surveys his achievements and star partnerships with musicians including pianist Keith Jarrett. Show more
Through the Night
Cage, Stravinsky and Schnittke at the 2015 Reykjavik Midsummer Music Festival
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Catriona Young presents a concert of chamber music by Cage, Stravinsky and Schnittke from the Northern Lights Hall in Reykjavik. Show more
