Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Britten's Turn of the Screw on Building a Library with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 46 minutes on BBC Radio 3
With Andrew McGregor. In Building a Library, Simon Heighes compares recordings of Britten's Turn of the Screw, and picks a winner. Plus Lucy Parham reviews new piano discs. Show more
Classical music practitioners from around the globe take part in a debate hosted by Tom Service examining how the music industry can rebuild and sustain itself after Covid-19. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Martin James Bartlett
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess and Martin's choices include the overture to Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila, Peter Gabriel, Karajan conducting Tchaikovsky and a violin piece by Max Richter Show more
Heidi Krutzen opens up a selection of classical music from her point of view as a harpist - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Matthew Sweet talks to the brillliant American film composer, David Amram, about his music and his work with Elia Kazan, John Frankenheimer, Jack Kerouac and Dizzie Gillespie. Show more
Kathryn Tickell presents the latest releases and a Road Trip to Madagascar with Odilon Ranaivoson. Show more
A tribute to victims of racism and all those campaigning for racial equality around the world, featuring Cassie Kinoshi, Terri Lyne Carrington and more. Show more
Recorded in Snape Maltings Concert Hall at the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival, Britten's Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream. Starring Iestyn Davies and Sophie Bevan. Show more
Kate Molleson presents new music in live performance. including a new double piano concerto from the Borealis Festival in Norway, and music from Huddersfield and New York. Show more
Musician and composer Kim Macari sits in the presenter chair for the first of two shows. Featuring music that likes to ask hard questions, break rules and follow its own path. Show more
The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Schumann's Manfred Overture, Violin Concerto and First Symphony. With Jonathan Swain. Show more