Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 [network rates]. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Paavo Berglund - The Bournemouth Years; Artist of the Week: Brigitte Fassbaender; Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: String Quintet No 2. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Haydn's return to Vienna, where his new employer was the unmusical Prince Nicholaus II. Show more
Music from the 2013 Machynlleth Festival. Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano) in Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 6. Carducci Quartet in Mendelssohn: Quartet, Op 80. Show more
Louise Fryer with music from the BBC Philharmonic. Sibelius: The Bard. Casella: Le couvent sur l'eau. Matthews: Symphony No 7. Foulds: Keltic Suite. Plus Shostakovich and Nielsen. Show more
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With live music from pianists Olli Mustonen and Elena Riu, and guitarist Xuefei Yang. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Haydn's return to Vienna, where his new employer was the unmusical Prince Nicholaus II. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Episode 1: BBC Philharmonic - Howard, Grieg, Mendelssohn (part 1)
40 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, a concert in which Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Emily Howard: Axon. Grieg: Piano Concerto (soloist: Nobuyuki Tsujii). Show more
Discovering Music
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
20 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Stephen Johnson explores Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 'Scottish', a work inspired by a visit the composer made to Scotland as a young man. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Episode 2: BBC Philharmonic - Howard, Grieg, Mendelssohn (part 2)
1 hour, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Mendelssohn's atmospheric Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 (Scottish). Show more
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word from Free Thinking 2013. The theme is 'letting go is good for you' and guests include Daljit Nagra, Kate Fox and Nadine Shah. Show more
Jules Evans of Queen Mary, University of London explores rationalists' suspicions about states of high elation, asking 'is it dangerous or beneficial to feel ecstatic?'. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy presents new tracks from around the world, plus a studio session with Scottish folk pioneers Capercaille. Show more
Presented by Catriona Young. Including the Danish String Quartet performing music by Haydn, Janacek and Beethoven. Show more