Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Tenor Arias; Music in Time: Beethoven: Agnus Dei (Missa Solemnis); Artist of the Week: Daniil Shafran, featured in Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Show more
Composer of the Week
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
Episode 5: Death of the Sun King
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on what happened to Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's musical career after the death of her most significant Patron, Louis XIV of France. Show more
In a concert given at the Royal Welsh College of Music and drama, the Gould Piano Trio performs Beethoven Piano Trios: in E flat, Op 1 No 1; in C minor, Op 1 No 3. Show more
Penny Gore with music from the BBC Philharmonic. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (with Inon Barnatan). Stravinsky: Petrushka. Adams: Scheherazade.2. Strauss: Suite (Der Rosenkavalier). Show more
Sean Rafferty with live performance from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and countertenor Yaniv d'Or. Plus a look the world premiere of Peter Maxwell Davies's The Hogboon. Show more
Composer of the Week
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
Episode 5: Death of the Sun King
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on what happened to Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's musical career after the death of her most significant Patron, Louis XIV of France. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Britten Sinfonia - Bach, Corelli, Tippett, Watkins, Britten
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, Ian Bostridge directs Britten Sinfonia in a programme of music by Bach, Corelli, Tippett, Huw Watkins and Britten. Show more
Ian McMillan examines rude and transgressive language with guests Kate Fox, Rebecca Roache on the mechanics of swearing and Peter Mackay on bad language in Gaelic poetry. Show more
Comedian Steve Punt explores how worry has always been a bedfellow of comedy. He explains how our worries can be a source of shared observational humour. Show more
Kathryn Tickell introduces new music from around the world, plus a live studio session with members of the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians. Show more
To celebrate Slovenian Statehood Day, John Shea presents works featuring composers and musicians from Slovenia. Show more