Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show for National Poetry Day live from the Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Suzy Klein - Debussy's Children's Corner, Dame Diana Rigg, Viking Funerals
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein brings the best in classical music, including potential companion pieces for Debussy's Children's Corner for piano. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the music of Mussorgsky, focusing on his songs. The operatic masterpiece Mussorgsky left unfinished and his greatest song-cycle, Sunless. Show more
Ukrainian soprano Olena Tokar and pianist Igor Gryshyn in songs by Schumann, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Medtner and Rachmaninov at LSO St Luke's. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Thursday - Opera matinee: Handel's Lucio Cornelio Silla
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Georgia Mann presents Handel's opera Lucia Cornelio Silla, recorded in Vienna at the Resonanzen Festival, with Sonia Prina as Silla. Fabio Biondi directs Europa Galante. Show more
In Tune
Nadine Benjamin, Ronald Samm, William Sieghart, Daisy Evans, Van Kuijk Quartet
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Sean's guests include Nadine Benjamin, Ronald Samm, Daisy Evans and the Van Kuijk Quartet. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the music of Mussorgsky, focusing on his songs. The operatic masterpiece Mussorgsky left unfinished and his greatest song-cycle, Sunless. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC SSO in Elgar and Tippett
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Elgar and Tippett. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Show more
Free Thinking
Landmark: Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Helen Mort and academic Stewart Mottram join Matthew Sweet in Hull to discuss the language of love and the politics underpinning Marvell's poem. Show more
Poet Don Paterson reflects with a mixture of admiration and rueful envy on five poems he wishes he had written. Sylvia Plath's poem 'Cut'. Show more
Verity Sharp hosts this month's Exposure in Belfast, with sets by singer-songwriter Katharine Philippa, harpist and sound artist Una Monaghan, and Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble. Show more
Musician and label founder Jane Weaver leads us on a trip through her record collection. Show more
Through the Night
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
John Shea presents Beethoven and Brahms from the RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann. Show more
