Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Marina Frolova-Walker and Alexandra Coghlan
2 hours, 44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The best new classical releases plus, in Building a Library, Marina Frolova-Walker compares recordings of Prokofiev's Symphony No 1, 'Classical'. Show more
Tom meets Sir Simon Rattle and, ahead of BBC Music Day, there is new research into music and dementia. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Fiachra Garvey
23 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Fiachra Garvey to swap Bernstein and Brahms, crafted nostalgia by Nils Frahm and Holst's joyful Jupiter. Show more
Soprano Lucy Crowe opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Matthew Sweet ventures into deep space and spins a few stellar cinematic discs to mark the launch of Ad Astra and a new score from Max Richter. Show more
Jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners.
Opera on 3
Wagner - Götterdämmerung from the Edinburgh International Festival
4 hours, 59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sir Andrew Davis conducts the RSNO in the epic finale of the Ring Cycle in a special production from the EIF. Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde and Burkhard Fritz as Siegfried. Show more
Music inspired by the disappearing natural world, a dusty street in a cowboy film and the loneliness of a long-distance runner. Show more
In honour of what would have been Kenny Wheeler's 85th birthday, Geoffrey Smith chooses favourite works by the revered trumpeter-composer. Show more
Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and pianist José Gallardo play music by Debussy, Boulanger, Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and de Falla. Catriona Young presents. Show more
