Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Friday with Rob Cowan - The Chance to Dance, Wagner's Meistersinger Overture, Patricia Routledge
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 early death at the age of 33. With music from his two final operas: Beatrice di Tenda and Il Puritani. Show more
Belfast International Arts Festival 2017 - The Four Seasons - featuring baritone Ashley Riches and pianist Joseph Middleton. Presented by John Toal. Show more
Tom Redmond presents the BBC Philharmonic, live from their home at MediaCityUK in Salford. Pavel Kolesnikov joins the orchestra for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4. Show more
Katie Derham with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Her guests include the Vienna Piano Trio, David Lol Perry, and The Prince Regent's Band. Show more
A specially curated mixtape with music by Copland, Grieg and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, including the slow movement of Khachaturian's Piano Concerto and Bach arranged by Mahler. Show more
Live from the Barbican, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius's 3rd Symphony and Schmitt's 2nd Symphony, plus Franck and Ravel with pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Show more
Ian McMillan speaks to comedian, author and composer Tim Minchin. Show more
Five slow radio soundscapes, featuring themes from the monastic life of Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys. The subject is love. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents Hindustani singer Kaushiki Chakrabarty in concert from Darbar Festival. Followed by new releases of World Music from around the globe. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance from Lugano of JS Bach's The Art of Fugue orchestrated by Hermann Scherchen. Show more