Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Nicholas Baragwanath and Sarah Walker
2 hours, 44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Andrew McGregor rounds up the best new and recent releases and, in Building a Library, Nicholas Baragwanath compares recordings of Mahler's Symphony No 4. Plus, the LA Phil at 100. Show more
Tom meets Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, and a reflection on the extraordinary legacy of Nadia Boulanger from some of her pupils. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Ollie Howell
24 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess and Ollie's tracks include Dvorak, Quincy Jones and Nadia Boulanger, plus some classic Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Show more
Inside Music
Music illuminated from within by pianist Boris Giltburg
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Pianist Boris Giltburg opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
In the first of a new series of the programme Katie Derham meets David Bintley whose remarkable time as Artistic Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet comes to end this summer. Show more
Jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with Alyn Shipton. Show more
Saxophonist Duncan Eagles plays music from his debut release as a bandleader, Citizen. Plus original British Jazz Warrior, Steve Williamson shares his musical influences. Show more
Tosca, from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with Jennifer Rowley and Joseph Calleja, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Show more
A brand new show featuring the best new music in live performance, plus new releases, features and interviews with composers and performers. Show more
Reedman-composer Jimmy Giuffre (1921-2008) was a fusion pioneer. Geoffrey Smith highlights such Giuffre classics as 'The Train and River'. Show more
Beethoven's Symphony No 9, 'Choral', in a performance from the 2018 BBC Proms by the World Orchestra for Peace conducted by Donald Runnicles. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more