Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Rob Cowan - Patricia Routledge, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Bone Piles
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Rob Cowan takes us through the morning with the best in classical music, plus we hear from Dame Patricia Routledge. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Bellini's lifelong friendship with the famous Italian soprano Giuditta Pasta, for whom he created the operatic roles of Amina and Norma. Show more
Belfast International Arts Festival 2017 - The Four Seasons - featuring mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert and pianist Joseph Middleton. Presented by John Toal. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents Afternoon Concert's Thursday Opera Matinee - a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Archbishop's Theatre, Aix-en-Provence, starring Philippe Sly. Show more
Katie Derham presents, with live music from pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and cellist Corinne Morris. Plus flautist turned conductor Jaime Martin chats about his new disc of Brahms. Show more
A specially-curated mixtape including music by Mendelssohn and Mahler, as well as a Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by Joan Tower and Murray Perahia playing Handel.
Radio 3 in Concert
Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC SSO perform Britten's Four Sea Interludes and Mendelssohn's Third Symphony, and are joined by Alexandra Soumm in Brahms's Violin Concerto. Show more
Free Thinking
Forgotten authors, cult fiction and The Prisoner.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
From the novel about bigamy which gripped Victorian readers to forgotten '50s crime writers, Matthew Sweet and guests look at neglected novels and Alex Cox rewatches The Prisoner. Show more
Five slow radio soundscapes, featuring themes from the monastic life of Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys. Today's focus is on meditation. Show more
Verity Sharp introduces the experimental music showcase from MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, with sets from Black Spring, Lust Rollers and Miles Cooper Seaton. Show more
Actor Toby Jones takes over the Late Junction Mixtape with a rummage through the outer reaches of his record collection. Featuring dub, post-punk and Mississippi blues. Show more
Jonathan Swain with concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe. Show more
