Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Rob Cowan - Indecent Exposure of an Australian Mermaid, Adam's Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Derren Brown
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Rob Cowan presents the best in classical music, including potential companion pieces for John Adams' explosive 'Short Ride in a Fast Machine'. Show more
Donald Macleod surveys the 1730s when Vivaldi's opera became old-fashioned. Vivaldi turned to popular librettos at the time, including L'Olimpiade by Metastasio. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
St Magnus Festival 2017
Episode 3: St Magnus International Festival: Duo Van Vliet
58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Duo Van Vliet, Rafal Luc and Ian Anderson, perform a diverse programme of arrangements for accordion and viola in the haunting acoustic of St Magnus Cathedral. Show more
Tom Redmond presents a performance of Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut', conducted by Antonio Pappano, with soprano Kristine Opolais, tenor Jonas Kaufmann and baritone Christopher Maltman. Show more
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Sean's guests include Andrey Lebedev, Iosif Purits, Thomas Søndergård and Wallis Giunta. Show more
A specially-curated mixtape spanning 900 years, including music by Hildegard of Bingen, Monteverdi, Bach, Arvo Part and the American folk tune 'Shenandoah'. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC NOW, Sondergard. Mosolov, Beethoven, Shostakovich
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from St David's Hall in Cardiff, Igor Levit joins BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Sondergard in Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto, plus Shostakovich's Symphony No 12. Show more
Free Thinking
Pacific Rim politics; Ronan Bennett; Sjon
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Richard McGregor, Hans Van de Ven and presenter Rana Mitter discuss relations between Japan, US and China. Plus Ronan Bennett on dramatising the Gunpowder Plot for TV. Show more
How well do we remember facts or details? Prof David Shanks is an expert in memory and training, and tells us the secret techniques to improve revision or learning a language. Show more
James Cargill, of Broadcast and Children of Alice, compiles a Late Junction Mixtape. Plus music from Yat Kha. Show more
Violinist Alina Ibragimova concludes her performance of Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in the second of her two Late Night BBC Proms from 2015. Show more