Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
Record Review
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 23, 'Appassionata', in Building a Library with Iain Burnside and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
The must-have recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in F minor, the so-called 'Appassionata, and Nicky Spence's pick of the latest new releases. Show more
Music Matters
Lea Desandre, Sonic Meditations and The Rhinegold
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pauline Oliveros's Sonic Meditations and discusses opera in English with John Deathridge. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Shivank Menon
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Jess Gillam is joined by Mumbai-born pianist Shivank Menon to talk about their favourite records, including music by Bach, Chopin, Donny Hathaway and Bill Evans. Show more
Inside Music
Pianist Stephen Hough with a playlist of fireworks and finesse
1 hour, 56 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
Pianist Stephen Hough reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including dances from Richard Strauss and Irving Berlin and a dazzling Blue Danube from 1928. Show more
Sound of Cinema
Discover the world of film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
26 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Matthew is joined by award-winning Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir to talk about her screen music, including her scores for Tár and Women Talking.
Lopa Kothari reports from the Northern Lights Festival in Norway, and we talk to Ethiopian musician Gili Yalo. Show more
Star vocalist Somi shares her inspirations plus concert highlights from the Church of Sound All-Stars paying tribute to trumpeter and educator Abram Wilson. Show more
Marc Albrecht conducts Janacek's Jenufa at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, starring Svetlana Aksenova and Nina Stemme. Show more
New Generation Artists
Annelien Van Wauwe performs Reger's Clarinet Quintet
1 minute
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Chamber music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: Annelien Van Wauwe joins the Aris Quartet for Reger's Clarinet Quintet, and Elisabeth Brauss plays Mozart's Rondo in A minor. Show more
New Music Show
Claudia Molitor's Polymer Hauntings
1 hour, 59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
The latest sounds, including Lisa Streich's Francesca, inspired by a Renaissance fresco, and a meditation for two pianists and plastic bottles by Claudia Molitor. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents sounds from the adventurous ends of improvised music, with debut releases from new jazz formations as well as the latest from more long-standing ensembles. Show more
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