Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Kirsten Gibson and Elin Manahan Thomas
3 hours, 12 minutes on BBC Radio 3
with Andrew McGregor; Building a Library is on Dowland's Lachrimae with Kirsten Gibson, and Elin Manahan Thomas reports on a recording session of Mozart's Requiem in Berlin. Show more
Music Matters
Howard Skempton, Martyn Brabbins, Women's Revolutions per Minute
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service meets the composer and accordionist Howard Skempton as he turns 70, and the conductor Martyn Brabbins as he starts his tenure at English National Opera. Show more
Rachel Podger, 'queen of the Baroque violin', introduces some of the music that inspires her, including Bernstein, Bach, Biber and Brahms. Show more
Matthew Sweet interviews composer and musician Nitin Sawhney, who has scored music for over 50 films, including the new film 'Breathe', and music for TV including 'Human Planet'. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection of jazz in all style and from all eras includes music from the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, who experimented with instrumentation and texture in their music. Show more
Julian Joseph presents a performance given at the 2016 EFG London Jazz Festival by progressive tuba player Oren Marshall, in a special collaboration with drummers from Ghana. Show more
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wagner's early masterpiece Tannahauser in a recording first heard in 2016. With Peter Seiffert and Emma Bell. Hartmut Haenchen conducts. Show more
Hear and Now
Luke Bedford: Through His Teeth; Julian Anderson, Charlotte Bray, Laurence Crane
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Tom McKinney presents a psychodramatic opera by Luke Bedford. Also, composer Laurence Crane introduces a favourite sound of his in Sound Of The Week. Show more
Geoffrey Smith explores the many jazz interpretations of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess including those of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Miles Davis. Show more
Through the Night
Federico Colli at the 71st International Chopin Piano Festival in Poland.
7 hours on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Swain presents a piano recital by Federico Colli at the 71st International Chopin Piano Festival in Poland. Show more