Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony in Building a Library with Edward Seckerson and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Edward Seckerson recommends a version of Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Plus, Anna Picard on new releases of vocal music. Show more
Music Matters
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Llewellyn
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service meets American actor, singer, composer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda. And soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn talks about the songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Felix Klieser
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and horn player Felix Klieser share the music they love, with some sumptuous early Prokofiev, Kate Bush, Sidney Bechet, Piazzolla and Sting. Show more
Inside Music
Baritone Peter Brathwaite with profound and joyful sounds
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Baritone Peter Brathwaite opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Matthew looks back on the career and recordings of soprano Marni Nixon, a 'ghost singer' who provided the vocals for several leading actresses often without audiences being aware. Show more
Kathryn Tickell with a round-up of the latest roots-based music from across the world, and Betto Arcos takes us to Venezuela and Colombia with a focus on the cuatro instrument. Show more
Live music from saxophone great Charles Lloyd and his quartet, recorded at this year’s London Jazz Festival. Show more
From the New York Met: Sondra Radvanovsky is Tosca in Puccini's tale of love and betrayal. Brian Jagde sings her lover Cavaradossi and George Gagnidze is the police chief Scarpia. Show more
The New Music Show is at The Ivors Composer Awards 2021. Exclusive coverage of the prestigious awards ceremony hosted at the British Museum by Tom Service and Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents classic and contemporary improvised music. A tribute to a lost venue, an experiment in collective voice and a throwback classic. Show more
The French National Orchestra in concert performing Bartok's Second Violin Concerto and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more