Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
Record Review
Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in Building a Library with Joanna MacGregor and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Pianist Joanna MacGregor picks her ultimate recording of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, and conductor Ben Gernon discusses some of the best recent releases. Show more
Tom Service meets Katia and Marielle Labeque. After being discovered by Messiaen, they rose to international fame with their two-piano recording of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Daniel Elms
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and composer Daniel Elms swap the tracks they love, including music by Adès, My Bloody Valentine, Prokofiev, Sibelius and Lorraine Ellison. Show more
Inside Music
Pianist Tom Poster on fresh approaches to listening
1 hour, 56 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Pianist Tom Poster reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the perfect phrasing of Ella Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter, to surprising childhood favourites. Show more
Louise Blain looks at gaming music in a post-apocalyptic world and talks to Bear McCreary about his score for the God of War series. Show more
Kathryn Tickell presents the latest new releases from across the globe, plus a Road Trip from Betto Arcos at Fandango Fronterizo on the US-Mexico border. Show more
J to Z
Robert Glasper's inspirations, plus Zoe Rahman in session
1 hour, 29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Robert Glasper shares music that inspires him. Plus live music from pianist Zoe Rahman. Show more
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Tom Service presents the latest in new music performance, tonight featuring tracks from a concert by the extraordinary Third Orchestra, conducted by Peter Wiegold. Show more
Corey Mwamba roams through realms of improvised music, encountering the raw saxophone solos of Tom Ward and mystic juxtapositions from queer collective Harbingers of Change. Show more
Through the Night
Mozart and Mendelssohn from the Casals Quartet and Van Kuijk Quartet
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
The Casals Quartet and Van Kuijk Quartet perform Mozart String Quartet No 15 in D minor, K421, and Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat. Presented by John Shea. Show more
