Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Suzanne Aspden and Stephen Johnson
3 hours, 12 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library. Show more
Music Matters
James Rhodes, Monteverdi and the Genesis Suite
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
An interview with pianist James Rhodes. Also, Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses in a new ROH production; and the Genesis Suite, a piece by composers exiled in America during WWII. Show more
Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet chooses recordings of his favourite pieces and performers, including music by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Grieg, Bartok, Enescu and Bruno Mantovani. Show more
Matthew Sweet takes 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', which has a new score by Carter Burwell and looks at how this and how other film scores present ideas about grief. Show more
Saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer is featured in Alyn Shipton's pick of requests. Show more
Kevin Le Gendre looks ahead to the year in jazz in the company of singer Claire Martin, plus a performance by guitarist Rob Luft recorded at the London Jazz Festival.
In this most famous of double bills, 'Cav and Pag', Roberto Alagna plays the lead in both: Turidu and Canio, whose destructive relationships with women cause everyone's downfall. Show more
Hear and Now
London Contemporary Music Festival, Joan La Barbara, Chris Newman, Yeah You
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Tom Service presents highlights from the London Contemporary Music Festival, with works for voice and electronics performed by Joan La Barbara, and songs by Chris Newman. Show more
In the week that marked the 80th anniversary of Benny Goodman's famous Carnegie Hall concert, Geoffrey Smith considers the evolution of jazz in concert. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Schumann's Violin Concerto and Bruckner's Seventh Symphony from the Luxembourg Philharmonic. Show more
