Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Record Review
Building a Library: Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1
3 hours, 12 minutes on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1; Lieder recordings from Sophie Karthauser, Benjamin Appl, Julian Pregardien; Disc of the Week. Show more
Tom Service re-appraises Erik Satie, the man and his music, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Including contributions from Caroline Potter and Pascal Roge. Show more
Rob Cowan presents archive music, including Barber's Summer Music, violinist Barnabas Kelemen playing a Bartok rhapsody and Jacqueline du Pre in Saint-Saens's Cello Concerto No 1. Show more
Matthew Sweet explores the trend among composers of creating scores for imaginary films. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of requests features a classic track from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in the 1964 version of the band, with Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a performance by vocalist Christine Tobin from the 2016 South Coast Jazz Festival, Shoreham-by-Sea, with guitarist Phil Robson and bassist Dave Whitford. Show more
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, with Diana Damrau as the tragic Lucia and Charles Castronovo as Edgardo. Show more
Robert Worby introduces music performed at Tectonics Festival Glasgow 2016, including Howard Skempton's Piano Concerto and pieces by Annea Lockwood and Richard Emsley. Show more
Geoffrey Smith picks some of the finest music of celebrated saxophonist Paul Desmond, both as part of the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet and with his own bands. Show more
Through the Night
Proms 2015: Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
John Shea presents a concert from the 2015 Proms, with Oliver Knussen conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works including Turnage's On Opened Ground, with Lawrence Power. Show more