Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
Record Review
Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals in Building a Library with Sarah Devonald and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Sarah Devonald joins Andrew McGregor to compare recordings of Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals. Show more
Music Matters
Sounds of the Marshes, Valentin Silvestrov by Hélène Grimaud, and the Perfect Pitch
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service listens to the sound of the marshes in North Kent, draws the portrait of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, and explores the perfect pitch in music. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Peter Gregson
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Cellist and composer Peter Gregson joins Jess from LA. Their tracks include Steve Reich, Schubert, Eva Cassidy and Bon Iver. Show more
Inside Music
Conductor Naomi Woo sets off on a colourful musical journey
1 hour, 56 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Conductor Naomi Woo reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a striking choral work by Johannes Brahms and a virtuosic piano piece by György Ligeti. Show more
On Oscars weekend, Matthew looks back on one of the most successful Academy Award years ever - what was it about the films of 1997 that really caught the public imagination? Show more
Lopa Kothari presents a specially recorded studio session by Afrofunk collective Togo All Stars. Plus a round-up of the latest new releases. Show more
US bassist Dezron Douglas shares his musical inspirations, plus concert highlights from jazz harpist Alina Bzhezhinska. Show more
Verdi’s La Traviata from the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Angel Blue as Violetta and Dmytro Popov as Alfredo, and conducted by Nicola Luisotti. Show more
New Music Show
Chornobyldorf - an archaeological opera from Opera Aperta, Ukraine
1 hour, 59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Chornobyldorf - an archaeological opera. Tom Service introduces Opera Aperta, Ukraine's shatteringly powerful meditation on the 1986 accident at the Chornobyl nuclear plant. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents new improvised music tuning into the natural world, devotional transcendence and spatial generosity. Show more
Pianist Alexander Gadjiev and the SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianna Fratta, perform Chopin's Second Piano Concerto. John Shea presents. Show more
