Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Handel's Messiah in Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Jeremy Summerly compares recordings of Handel's Messiah and chooses his favourite. Emily MacGregor discusses new orchestral releases. Show more
Music Matters
Martin Fröst, SongPath, Beckett and Russia
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The latest news and features from the classical music world. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Amalie Stalheim
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and cellist Amalie Stalheim share the music they love, including the soundtrack to Amalie's teenage years, two very different lullabies and a 'feel-good' sonata. Show more
Inside Music
Violinist Karen Gomyo with musical canyons, canons and crickets
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Violinist Karen Gomyo reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. With the sounds of a cedar flute and Indian violin, and favourite pieces by Grieg, Beethoven and Elgar. Show more
Matthew meets Bruce Broughton, Hollywood composer of Silverado, The Young Sherlock Holmes and Lost in Space, for a look back at his career in film music.
Kathryn Tickell with new music from around the world, plus oud player Baha Yetkin in the studio. Show more
Julian Joseph celebrates jazz giant Charles Mingus’s centenary with special guest Charles McPherson. Show more
Donald Runnicles conducts a starry cast led by Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen in Strauss's masterpiece, Elektra, where ancient Greek tragedy meets early 20th-century expressionism. Show more
Kate Molleson presents the latest in new music performance, including Anthony Braxton, Kristine Tjogersen and Raquel García-Tomás. Show more
Corey Mwamba celebrates Charles Mingus, 100 years after his birth, sharing records from across his decades-long career. Show more
Harpist Giselle Boeters joins the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen in a programme of Ravel, Debussy and Mozart. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more