Drift away with a weekly dose of the world’s most soothing piano music.
Happy Harmonies with Laufey
Vol 1: Stunning harmonies to lift your spirits
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
New-York based singer-songwriter Laufey selects uplifting tracks from Ella Fitzgerald, Arlo Parks, First Aid Kit and more. Show more
Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Stravinsky 50 - with Nigel Simeone, Gillian Moore and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Fifty years after the composer's death, Building a Library on Stravinsky's Violin Concerto with Nigel Simeone. Gillian Moore reviews Warner Classics' 23-CD Stravinsky Edition. Show more
Music Matters
Stravinsky 50 - Reinventing Stravinsky!
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service and guests explore how the music of Stravinsky continues to resonate in today's world as we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Show more
Jess Gillam is joined by bass baritone Sam Carl to share the music they love - with music from Dvorak, The Walker Brothers, Nubya Garcia and two helpings of Stravinsky. Show more
Experience a river of music from Igor Stravinsky on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. From Firebird to Fireworks, Rite to Ragtime and many surprising sounds in between. Show more
The decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, inspired by Hogarth’s paintings. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC SO and Singers and an outstanding cast in this sparkling 1997 performance. Show more
South African piano great Abduallah Ibrahim shares his inspirations. Plus exclusive previews from this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival by saxophonist Soweto Kinch and more. Show more
The latest in new music performance with a BBC session from Explore Ensemble and radiophonic music from the recent Counterflows Festival. Show more
Fabio Biondi directs the RAI National Symphony Orchestra from the violin in a programme of Mozart, Nardini and Mendelssohn. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
