Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Record Review
Building a Library: Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat, D929.
3 hours, 12 minutes on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat, D929; violinist Daniel Hope discusses his 'musical grandfather', Yehudi Menuhin; Disc of the Week. Show more
Tom Service visits Opera North to hear from Mark Simpson about the premiere of his opera Pleasure, which is also reviewed. Plus a feature on Birmingham's Symphony Hall. Show more
Actor Rory Kinnear presents a personal selection of music celebrating the virtues and complexities of the human voice. Including Strauss's Geduld and Mozart's Mass in C minor. Show more
Matthew Sweet presents music from films set in and after the Holocaust including Son of Saul. The Classic Score of the Week is Alfred Newman's music for The Diary of Anne Frank. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music in all styles of jazz and a classic session from Ben Webster and Art Tatum.
Jazz Line-Up
International Jazz Day Special - Stan Sulzmann Quartet and Gus Stirrat Band
1 hour, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, Kevin LeGendre marks International Jazz Day with music from saxophonist Stan Sulzmann and bassist Gus Stirrat and his band. Show more
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Strauss's version of the Greek myth of Elektra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Starrring soprano Nina Stemme. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda performs an extended suite from Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake. Show more
Between the Ears
Seelonce, Seelonce: A Call for Help
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Musician Tim van Eyken, dramatist Joseph Wilde and producer Julian May trace the history of the call for help in language, sound and music. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hears from three composers who have been working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sound and Music's Embedded scheme. Show more
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the early keyboard hits of Nat "King" Cole, born 100 years ago today. Show more
Through the Night
For Orthodox Easter: Rachmaninov's Vespers from the BBC Singers
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Rachmaninov's Vespers given in Liverpool Cathedral by the BBC Singers under conductor Stephen Cleobury. Show more