This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including featured albums this week
5 August 2024, 10:11 | Updated: 13 January 2025, 11:53
The best programmes and music we’ve got coming up on Classic FM this week, beginning 13 January.
We hope all our listeners are staying warm and looking forward to a week of the best classical music, right here on Classic FM.
This week, join us on Saturday at 9pm for the second episode of a brand new show, Next Level with DanTDM. Every week, the star video game presenter will be sharing the best music written for the genre, which is packed with fantastic new discoveries. If the kids can't stay up until 9pm, you can always catch up using the Global Player app.
If there’s a piece of music you’d like to hear this week, remember you can always ask for it on Classic FM Requests with Anne-Marie Minhall from 1-2pm. Get in touch here, text 61812, or ask your Alexa to ‘send a request to Classic FM’. You can also send a request via WhatsApp on 03457 49 1812.
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'Dam Busters' March - Eric Coates
Classic FM’s Album of the Week
New Year's Concert 2025 / Riccardo Muti / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Every morning this week, join Alexander Armstrong for his Album of the Week – the live recording of the Vienna New Year's Day Concert 2025. One of the most famous events in the musical calendar, the New Year's Day concert features the best waltzes and polkas in the history of Viennese music. This year, esteemed Italian Conductor Ricardo Muti led the festivities.
Classic FM’s Star in the Spotlight
Maria Callas
From 4pm, join Margherita Taylor for her Star in the Spotlight. Every weekday, she will feature a special musician and shed some light on their life and work.
This week, it is the turn of the sensational Maria Callas. One of the most recognisable voices of all time, the American / Greek soprano had an astonishing career where she coveted some of the most famous operatic roles in the reparatory. Her tragic life features in a brand new film, Maria, which is in cinemas now.
Opera diva Maria Callas interviewed at Savoy Hotel: ‘Well, I don't know what you mean by tempestuous’
