Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring our musical Advent Calendar and listener requests.
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Andrew McGregor rounds up the best new and recent releases, and in Building a Library Caroline Gill compares recordings of Vivaldi's Gloria RV589. Show more
Kate Molleson goes to the Fens to explore some of the music-making going at Christmas, including a visit to Ely Cathedral, which has a choral tradition going back centuries. Show more
Inside Music
Cellist Natalie Clein chooses music that satisfies both mind and heart
1 hour, 56 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Natalie Clein opens up a colourful selection of classical music from a cellist's point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Katie Derham explores dance on film, from Fred and Ginger's elegance to the lycra of 1980s dance movies, and talks to Mandy Moore, award-winning choreographer of La La Land. Show more
Jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with Alyn Shipton. Show more
A party feel to the last J to Z of the year, featuring live music from London swing maestros Kansas Smitty’s and special guests. Show more
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, starring Eva-Maria Westbroek as Minnie, who falls in love with Ramerrez, a notorious bandit, sung by Jonas Kaufmann. From the Met in New York. Show more
As the drama of the first manned mission to the Moon unfolds, astronauts reflect on creation, God and our place in the universe. Show more
Simon Armitage's take on this classic fairy tale, with music by Matthew Kaner, in a stage production devised and performed live by the Goldfield Ensemble with narrator Adey Grummet Show more
Geoffrey Smith pays tribute to a New Orleans immortal, pianist-composer Jelly Roll Morton Show more
Rachmaninov's Suites 1 and 2 played by Nikolai Lugansky and Vadim Rudenko in a concert from Moscow. Catriona Young presents. Show more
