Join Georgia for Breakfast welcoming in the new year, with listener requests.
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with an Essential Waltz for the New Year
1 hour, 15 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
The traditional New Year's Day Concert, given by the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of conductor Riccardo Muti. Broadcast live and presented by Petroc Trelawny Show more
Donald Macleod considers the reasons behind Grieg's outward contentment and his inner struggles with his feelings. Music includes the Ballade in G minor and Slatter. Show more
Music by William Byrd and Ferrabosco from the Copenhagen Baroque Festival, Bach's Cantata No 47 at the 2020 Saintes Festival, and from the Klosters Music Festival, a Mozart Gala. Show more
What’s not to love about Mahler? Quite a bit, says Mahan Esfahani. Attempting to work through this controversial opinion, he seeks the help of conductor Joshua Weilerstein. Show more
Cellist Anastasia Kobekina plays Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn from the Consone Quartet, and Johan Dalene performs Bruch's famous Violin Concerto. Show more
Jessie Buckley and Julian Ovenden, both actors who sing themselves, with words and music on the theme of singing. Words from Flaubert to Mark Doty and a cornucopia of vocal music Show more
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in an eclectic programme with music by Elgar, Ades, Gabrieli and Kurtag, culminating in Vaughan Williams’s Fifth Symphony. Show more
From the 2020 BBC Proms, KOKOROKO bring their mix of west African Afrobeat and jazz to the Royal Albert Hall for a night of searing commentary on our times. Show more
Jennifer Lucy Allan shakes off 2020 with sounds of hope and kindness, from Alice Coltrane’s mantras to sleepy tape collage and a sound work that makes everything 'OK'. Show more
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
