Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Includes Musical challenge; Music in Time: arrangements of British folk songs; Artist of the Week: pianist Dinu Lipatti, featured performing Bach's Partita No 1. Show more
From plainchant to foxtrots, Donald Macleod explores how Peter Maxwell Davies delved into the past for musical inspiration that shocked 1960s audiences. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) in concert at LSO St Luke's, London. Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No 2 in B minor, Op 61. Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata in G, Op 37. Show more
With the Ulster Orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 2. Stanford: Oedipus Rex (Prelude). Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande. Nielsen: Saga Dream. Show more
Suzy Klein's guests include saxophonist Courtney Pine and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones. Plus conductor and early music specialist Christian Curnyn. Show more
From plainchant to foxtrots, Donald Macleod explores how Peter Maxwell Davies delved into the past for musical inspiration that shocked 1960s audiences. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Academy of Ancient Music and Jordi Savall - Handel, Lully, Rameau, Marais
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Jordi Savall directs the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel's Water Music, plus dance pieces by Lully, Rameau and Marais. Introduced from the Barbican in London by Martin Handley. Show more
Free Thinking
Sir Thomas Browne and Adventures in Human Beings
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet talks to Hugh Aldersey-Williams and Claire Preston, admirers of the literate 17th-century doctor Sir Thomas Browne and to Gavin Francis, a modern GP and writer. Show more
The Essay
A Body of Essays: Series 2
Episode 2: A Body of Essays: Chibundu Onuzo - The Fire of Life: The Thyroid
15 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
As part of a series of reflections about organs of the human body, author Chibundu Onuzo investigates the 'goldilocks' nature of the thyroid gland. Show more
Nick Luscombe is joined by Kazakh violinist Aisha Orazbayeva, who shares some recommendations. Plus music by Peter Maxwell Davies Rashad Becker, Autechre and Ecka Mordecai. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance from the 2016 Proms of Berlioz's Romeo et Juliet, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. Show more