Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Sarah Walker has a varied selection of music, including Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and Vivaldi's Flute Concerto 'The Goldfinch'. Show more
As part of the BBC's Poetry Weekend, Michael Berkeley's guest is Irish poet Maurice Riordan who talks about the music that inspires him. Show more
The Amatis Piano Trio at Wigmore Hall in 2017 perform Haydn's Trio in E and Mendelssohn's Trio No 1 in D minor. Show more
Lucie Skeaping is joined by Gabriel Crouch and Magnus Williamson to discuss music surrounding the fascinating hopes and tragedies of Queen Mary I's 'phantom pregnancy' of 1555. Show more
Live from Manchester Cathedral. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch spotlights a fugal peal of bells by Durufle and a dazzling operatic transcription, plus a work from JS Bach on one of Europe's most celebrated historic organs. Show more
Tom Service considers opera - capable of great profundity, why is it also so often ridiculous? Tom consults comic writer Armando Iannucci and soprano Lore Lixenberg. Show more
Emma Fielding and Robert Glenister with readings on decay and decadence from John Donne to Derek Walcott. Music from Schreker to Elgar, Basinski to Bowie. Show more
Sunday Feature
Every County in the State of California
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California, believing he should serve the whole state, is visiting all 58 counties in the state to read with poets. Radio 3 joins him on the road. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Highlights from the 'Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival'
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly presents highlights from a concert recorded at the 2017 'Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival' that was held in Warsaw. Show more
A new version of Anthony Burgess's dystopian classic, with music, recorded live in Hull. Part of 'Contains Strong Language', a season of poetry and performance from the city. Show more
The Belgian ensemble Scherzi Musicali performs Antonio Bertali's oratorio 'La Maddalena' recorded at the Regensburg Early Music Festival. Presented by Elin Manahan Thomas. Show more
Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No 2, played by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Andrew Penny. Show more
John Shea presents a performance from the Netherlands of Elgar's 'The Music Makers', with mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin and conductor Jaap van Zweden. Show more
