Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Mozart's Magic Flute in Building a Library with Flora Willson
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The best classical releases, plus Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute, and Mark Lowther reviews new releases of chamber music. Show more
Music Matters
Sam Amidon; US-USSR ballet exchange; music streaming; lockdown postcards
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Stephen Upshaw
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam shares music with viola player Stephen Upshaw, including works by Robert Schumann, Johann Strauss II, Idjah Hadidjah, Steve Reich, Kurt Weill and Florence Price. Show more
Inside Music
Fiddle singer and composer Nancy Kerr with creative connections
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Nancy Kerr opens up a selection of classical music from a folk musician’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Heaven Can Wait, On Golden Pond, The Champ, The Fabulous Baker Boys - some of the best-loved film scores of the past 50 years. Matthew Sweet meets their composer, Dave Grusin. Show more
Lopa Kothari with the latest new releases from across the globe and a session from Madagascan singer-songwriter Modeste Hugues. Show more
Piano great Kenny Barron performs an exclusive studio session for J to Z, from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. Plus UK trumpeter Nick Walters's inspirations. Show more
Leoncavallo's Zazà at the Theater an der Wien with Svetlana Aksenova in the title role. Stefan Soltész conducts the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna. Flora Willson presents. Show more
Kate Molleson presents live from hcmf 2020, with performances by clarinettist Heather Roche and accordionist Eva Zollner, and by piano and percussion combo GBSR duo. Show more
Catchy hooks and chaotic group interplay captured live from Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Unit and a duo that reflects on lost connections by piecing together two isolated performances. Show more
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs music by Strauss, Bruch and Schumann. Presented by John Shea. Show more