Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Friday with Rob Cowan - Lakme's Flower Duet, Christine Rice, Stoke Potteries
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Rob Cowan hears from leading British mezzo Christine Rice and wants your suggestions for companion pieces to the Flower Duet from Delibes's opera, Lakme. Show more
Donald Macleod assesses Mendelssohn's abilities as a portraitist, introducing excerpts from the London version of the Scottish Symphony. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend
Episode 4: Big Chamber Weekend - Hull 2017 - 4 of 4
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from R3's Big Chamber Weekend at Hull City of Culture 2017. Chamber music and songs by Ireland, Gurney, Shostakovich and Vaughan Williams. Show more
Penny Gore presents concerts from the Radio France Philharmonic, including Mozart's thrilling and tense overture to his opera, Don Giovanni. Show more
In Tune
Sondra Radvanovsky, Anna Devin and Stuart Jackson, Woojae Park, Soumik Datta and Shogo Yoshii
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Katie Derham presents, with guests including sopranos Sondra Radvanovsky, who joins us live from The Met in New York, and Anna Devin, who sings live with tenor Stuart Jackson. Show more
A specially selected playlist including music by Albeniz, Scarlatti and Beethoven, a Fandago by Spanish composer Santiago de Murcia and a military march by Vaughan Williams. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Royal Northern Sinfonia playing Britten, Bach and Mendelssohn
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Adam Tomlinson presents the Royal Northern Sinfonia, directed by Bradley Creswick with violinist Kyra Humphreys, playing Britten, Bach and Mendelssohn at Sage Gateshead. Show more
The Verb
The Verb at the Contains Strong Language Festival of poetry and performance
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Ian McMillan introduces a host of international poets, including Michael Dickman, Bodhan Piasecki and Orbita - recorded in Hull. Show more
How do you deal with the 'stuff' from your late mother's house while in the depths of grief? Faced with difficult decisions, Joanna Robertson ponders the true meaning of things. Show more
Kathryn Tickell presents a specially recorded session by the Malian duo Amadou and Mariam, performing material from their new album La Confusion. Show more
John Shea presents a programme of British music performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, including a violin concerto by Arthur Bliss and a clarinet concerto by Johnny Dankworth. Show more
