Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Record Review
New Year New Music: Andrew McGregor with Gillian Moore and Hannah French
3 hours, 15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Building a Library: Ligeti survey by Gillian Moore; plus Hannah French reviews new releases of baroque music. Show more
As part of New Year, New Music, Tom Service talks to the composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Show more
Singer Joyce DiDonato explores lesser-known American music. Including William Grant Still, Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Charles Griffes, Henry Cowell and Paul Creston. Show more
Matthew Sweet on the film music of Franz Waxman and in this, the second of two programmes, the focus is on Waxman's greatest scores from Sunset Boulevard to Taras Bulba. Show more
Alyn Shipton's selection includes a classic from Duke Ellington. Show more
Kevin Le Gendre presents Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and his trio in concert at the Sage, as part of the Gateshead Jazz Festival. Show more
Opera on 3
Rossini's Semiramide at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
3 hours, 59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Rossini's Semiramide at the Royal Opera House with Joyce DiDonato in the title role. Antonio Pappano conducts the orchestra and chorus of the ROH. Presented by Donald Macleod. Show more
Hear and Now presents highlights from the London Contemporary Music Festival including works by Robert Ashley performed by the new music ensemble Apartment House. Show more
Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from the recordings of pianist Oscar Peterson, who was renowned for his dazzling technique, mighty swing and the ensemble power of his great trios. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert of piano duets from Minnesota, including music from Beethoven, Bach and Bernstein. Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe perform. Show more