Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
BBC Proms Composer - Verdi with Flora Willson and Tom Service
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Flora Willson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms composer Verdi and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best of recent classical releases. Show more
New Generation Artists
Schumann from Katharina Konradi and the Aris Quartet
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Katharina Konradi sings songs by Brahms and Schumann and the Aris Quartet play Schumann's First String Quartet in A minor - from his 'year of chamber music'. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with...Tabea Debus
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and recorder player Tabea Debus have a virtual lockdown listening party to share the music they love, including Take 6, Joby Talbot, and Johann Bernhard Bach. Show more
Alec Frank-Gemmill opens up a colourful selection of classical music from a horn player’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Rising Phoenix, launched this week with a new score by Daniel Pemberton, features on today's programme alongside other soundtracks inspired by the Olympic Games. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents two specially curated mixtapes including music from Monoswezi, King Sunny Ade and Hugh Masekela. Show more
Live music from guitar great John Scofield and the Danish Radio Big Band. Plus creative vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki on the music that inspires her. Show more
A cast boasting Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Olga Borodina perform Verdi’s great opera Don Carlos, with the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. Show more
Kate Molleson presents new music from Witten New Music Days, new solo works by Riot Ensemble, a Proms premiere from Michael Finnissy and electronic music by Berangere Maximin. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents an improvisation rooted in Hindustani classical music and a tingling ASMR synth track. Show more
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, in music by Haydn and Brahms. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more