Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Gluck's Dance of the Blessed spirits, Rick Stein, Department Stores
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and restaurateur Rick Stein lists his cultural inspirations and influences. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses Koechlin's visit to America in 1918, plus his symphonic poem based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, The Spring Running. Show more
Mozart from Reykjavik - this week's concerts come four different cities - part of Radio 3's celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the European Broadcasting Union. Show more
Tom McKinney shares Herbert Blomstedt's 90th birthday concert with the Swedish Radio Symphony in Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, plus the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra. Show more
Katie Derham's guests include jazz vocalist Pete Horsfall and his band, who play live in the studio. She talks to pianist Robert Levin, and choral group Ex Cathedra perform live. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist includes pictures by Mussorgsky, a dance by Dvorak as well as Britten's dazzling depiction of the Sun-god, Young Apollo.
Radio 3 in Concert
Philharmonia Chorus' 60th Anniversary Concert: Elgar, Phibbs & Walton
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Edward Gardner conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus in music by Elgar, Phibbs and Walton at the Royal Festival Hall. Show more
Free Thinking
David Willetts plus does scandal drive social change ?
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Rt Hon Lord David Willetts talks to Philip Dodd about universities in the UK. Show more
Continuing his imaginary correspondences with some of the world's great writers, Ian Sansom has put together a letter to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley. Show more
The Wire editor Derek Walmsley is in the studio to explore the rise of the collective, and Verity's selections include Bach on a Cretan lyra, and the spoils of war. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert of Mozart, Schumann and Ravel by the Modigliani Quartet. Show more