Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre, Armando Ianucci, The Celestial Bed
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents companion pieces for Saint Saens' Danse Macabre, to celebrate Halloween. Armando Ianucci lists the ideas and cultural influences that have shaped his life. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the influence that Elgar's relationship with his wife - Caroline Alice Roberts - had on his life and music. Show more
From the 2016-17 Leeds Lieder season, Soprano Ruby Hughes and Baritone James Newby perform music by Mahler. Plus mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston in Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder Show more
Afternoon Concert continues its celebration of Tone Poems, and the Ulster Orchestra offer up works by Smetana, Sibelius and Janacek alongside the Szymanowski Violin Concerto. Show more
Katie Derham presents, with guests including pianist Lars Vogt, who performs live, and conductor John Wilson. Plus live music from violinist Augustin Dumay and Louis Lortie. Show more
A specially curated mixtape for Halloween night featuring Heinz Karl Gruber's Frankenstein and Saint-Saens Fossiles, ushering in the creepiest night of the year. Show more
Rachel Podger leads Brecon Baroque in 'Harmony and Invention', a programme of Italian music, including Vivaldi's Four Seasons; presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Show more
Free Thinking
Jonathan Swift at 350. Black and White Art.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Cartoonist Martin Rowson on Swift + Anne McElvoy visits an exhibition at London's National Gallery of black & white art with curator Jennifer Sliwka & photographer Sarah Pickering Show more
Professor Fiona Stafford explores our incredibly long relationship with orchids, the largest family of flowering plants. They are 120 million years old with myriad surprises. Show more
Verity Sharp presents a spooky adventure in music, from past to present, tuneful to terrifying. Featured artists include Iglooghost, Zam-rock legends WITCH and producer Zomby. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a concert of Italian opera arias from the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, with soprano Dinara Alieva and baritone Vladislav Ladyuk. Show more
