Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Elin Manahan Thomas and Katy Hamilton
2 hours, 44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The best new classical releases, plus in Building a Library Elin Manahan Thomas compares recordings of Janáček's Glagolitic Mass. Show more
Kate explores the life and legacy of Alma Mahler with biographer Cate Haste Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Martynas Levickis
27 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and Martynas Levickis share music by Mozart and Mahler, plus Bjork and some electro swing from Parov Stelar. Show more
Sofi Jeannin opens up a colourful selection of classical music from a conductor’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Inspired by the release of Gloria Bell with a new score by electronic musician Matthew Herbert, this week's programme focuses on the use of the synthesizer in film scores. Show more
Recordings by John Dankworth, Scott Hamilton, and Kay Starr. Show more
Julian Joseph presents UK pianist Gwilym Simcock in session, playing solo pieces from his new album Near and Now. Plus, percussionist Sarathy Korwar shares his musical choices. Show more
From the Teatro Real, Madrid, in March. Cavalli's opera of pursuit and transformation, La Calisto. Chased by Zeus and pursued by his jealous queen Juno, Calisto can't hide anymore. Show more
Nightingales singing with musicians in the Sussex woods. A slow radio experience recorded on a Spring night when the birds return to England to sing and find a mate. Show more
Kate Molleson presents music from the launch of Birmingham Record Company, the BBC Symphony Orchestra playing new work from Holland, and organ and electronics from Stavanger Show more
Trumpeter-cornetist Ruby Braff forged a timeless style, at once lyrical, fluent and personal. Geoffrey Smith highlights some classic recordings from his fifty-year career. Show more
A remembrance concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the recapturing of the city of Mons and the critical role of Canadian soldiers in its liberation. With Catriona Young. Show more