Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Best of British Playlist and listeners' suggestions for the annual musical Advent Calendar. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love English Madrigals; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Christopher Hogwood; Sarah's Essential Choice: Copland: Dance Symphony. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Schumann's creative engagement with one of Germany's greatest writers, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Show more
Vertavo Quartet with Paul Lewis (piano). Faure: Les berceaux. Duparc: Au pays ou se fait la guerre. Poulenc: Bleuet. Granados: La maja dolorosa I. Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81. Show more
Afternoon Concert
BBC Concert Orchestra and Singers
Episode 3: Strauss 150: Der Liebe der Danae (Act 3)
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Penny Gore with Act 3 of Strauss's opera Der Liebe der Danae. Plus BBC CO in Henry Kimball Hadley: Overture: In Bohemia. D'Erlanger: Concerto symphonique. Foulds: St Joan Suite. Show more
Suzy Klein with a Ten Pieces Masterclass from Nicola Benedetti, Barney Harwood and the BBC SSO. And music from harpist Ruth Wall, violinist Vilde Frang and the Temple Church Choir. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Schumann's creative engagement with one of Germany's greatest writers, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Show more
Radio 3 Live in Concert
BBC SO and Chorus - Rachmaninov, Nielsen, Busoni
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
From the Barbican, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Sakari Oramo. Rachmaninov: Spring Cantata. Nielsen: Symphony No 2. Busoni: Piano Concerto in C (with Garrick Ohlsson). Show more
The Essay
Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio
Episode 10: A Quiet Night in Naples
15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Terry Jones introduces the retelling of the fifth tale of The Decameron. Country boy Andreuccio comes to Naples to buy a horse and gets more than he had bargained for. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents music from around the world and the London Klezmer Quartet live in session. Show more
Through the Night
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
With John Shea. Including a concert of music on a Scottish theme given at the 2012 Proms by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. Show more