Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with requests and Power of Three: the next instalment of a series of sounds from the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 archives. Show more
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mateo Flecha's ensaladas; David Owen Norris discuss the recorded legacy of Emil Gilels; Disc of the Week. Show more
Music Matters
Classical Music’s Diversity Deficit: BAME Composers
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service profiles the African-American minimalist composer, Julius Eastman, and hosts a debate at Radio 3's Inclusion and Diversity in Composition conference in Manchester.
Baritone and composer Roderick Williams presents a selection of foreign-language song and music inspired by it, by composers including Schubert, Faure and Rachmaninov. Show more
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music giving a brief history of black British cinema, from Paul Robeson in the 1930s to recent films such as Belle and 12 Years A Slave". Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of requests includes a focus on the swing era, with music by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster teamed up together, plus Django Reinhardt and Art Tatum. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a performance by French trumpeter Erik Truffaz recorded at Cully Jazz Festival, Switzerland plus an interview with saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Show more
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Gianandrea Noseda conducts Verdi's Il Trovatore. With tenor Francesco Meli as Manrico and Lianna Haroutounian as Leonora. Show more
Between the Ears goes between JG Ballard's ears with two new binaural adaptations of his short fiction, Track 12 and Venus Smiles, musically mutating art, microsonics and murder. Show more
Tom Service presents the world premiere of Hannah Kendall's chamber opera The Knife of Dawn. Plus music by Daniel Kidane, Samantha Fernando and Shiva Feshareki. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a sequence of musical portrait compositions by Duke Ellington, including tributes to Jack the Bear and Stompy Jones. Show more
Catriona Young introduces young musicians from Ukraine, Switzerland, Russia, Germany and Slovakia. Show more
