Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. My Favourite British String Music; Music in Time: Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (excerpt); Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus in Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpts). Show more
Donald Macleod explains how George Gershwin discovered writing music for Hollywood films could be a frustrating business. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
2016 Hay Festival - trombonist Peter Moore and pianist James Baillieu
55 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Trombonist Peter Moore and pianist James Baillieu perform a selection of music including Manuel de Falla and Gabriel Faure, live at the 2016 Hay festival. Show more
Penny Gore presents a performance of Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Karita Mattila as Ariadne and Roberto Sacca as Bacchus. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents from the 2016 Hay festival, with guests including Michael Palin, the Duchess of Rutland, James Naughtie, Roger McGough, Chris Morgan Jones and Claire Harman. Show more
Donald Macleod explains how George Gershwin discovered writing music for Hollywood films could be a frustrating business. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Philharmonia Orchestra: Stravinsky Myths and Rituals
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from St John's Smith Square, Philharmonia Orchestra in Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles; Introitus (TS Eliot in Memoriam); In Memoriam Dylan Thomas; Mass; Elegy for JFK; Cantata. Show more
Free Thinking
Bhupen Khakhar, The City State of London?
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Philip Dodd explores the art of Bhupen Khakhar ahead of the opening of a show at Tate Modern in London. Plus London as a city state and its relationship with UK regions. Show more
With so many of the world's languages disappearing, Prof David Crystal asks how we can preserve for the future the many different stories of accent, dialect and language. Show more
Verity Sharp with a special collaborative session featuring the husband-and-wife duo of drummer Seb Rochford and saxophonist Matana Roberts. Plus tracks by drone and Bert Jansch. Show more
Through the Night
Leonard Slatkin at the 2015 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Catriona Young presents a concert by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin in a programme of Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler. Show more