Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Bartok's Third Piano Concerto with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 46 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Kate Molleson recommends a version of Bartok's Third Piano Concerto in Building a Library. Plus Natasha Loges on reissues of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Show more
Music Matters
Covid-19’s impact on singing and teaching
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Sarah Connolly demanding more support for singers, the science on singing and wind instruments during Covid-19, and the effects of this virus on UK music education. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Cecilia Bignall
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and Cecilia Bignall swap Verdi and Prokofiev, folk tunes by Sulkhan Tsintsadze, and tracks by Mica Levi and Nino Rota. Show more
Inside Music
Guitarist Sean Shibe with dance music, drones and a reconstructed Dresden manuscript
1 hour, 56 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Guitarist Sean Shibe opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Sound of Cinema
John Williams - the scores you'd forgotten
23 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
John Williams is one of the most successful of all Hollywood composers. With his vast output to hand, Matthew looks at some of the Williams scores you'd forgotten he'd written. Show more
Lopa Kothari with a session from Mali's Rokia Traore and an interview with Jeff Place of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Show more
Tuba virtuoso Daniel Herskedal unveils brand new music, recorded in lockdown, and pianist Aaron Parks shares tracks that have inspired and influenced him. Show more
Elektra by Richard Strauss, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Andris Nelsons. Christine Goerke sings the title role. Show more
Kate Molleson with new releases from Philip Glass and Jim O'Rourke plus a home session from Heloise Werner. Show more
Saxophonist Jorma Tapio connects the traditions of shamanic songs and free jazz. Plus the first album recorded by humans and produced by birds. Presented by Corey Mwamba. Show more
From the Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, music by Holst, Vitali, Sarasate and Tchaikovsky performed by the Romanian Royal Camerata and violinist Anna Tifu. John Shea presents. Show more
