Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Ian Skelly - Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, Collecting things, New Year New Music, Harrison Birtwistle
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, including music for New Year New Music that steps from the old to the new. Plus Sir Harrison Birtwistle's cultural inspirations. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the influence of Debussy and Beethoven upon Colin Matthews. Show more
Ian Skelly presents highlights of the Schubertiade, with the Pavel Haas 4tet and Paul Lewis. Show more
The world premiere performance of Aulis Sallinen's opera Castle in the Water to a libretto by Lassi Nummi. Show more
Katie Derham with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Katie's guests include the Szymanowski Quartet, Gavin Sutherland, Tabea Debus and Alex McCartney. Show more
A specially curated mixtape with music from Bach, Britten, Satie and arrangements of Scarlatti and Vivaldi.
Radio 3 in Concert
Open Ear, Liam Byrne, Riot Ensemble, Heather Roche, Charles Mitchener
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents cutting-edge New Music with Riot Ensemble, Heather Roche, Charles Mitchener and Liam Byrne playing Iannotta, Czernowin, Tidrow, Sigurosson and Mills. Show more
Rana Mitter with: novelist Jennifer Egan; on the liminal legal status of a Tudor salvage diver; and a discussion of why Space exploration still trumps oceanic research. Show more
Travel writer Phoebe Smith on Hafod Eryri, the visitor centre on Mount Snowdon's summit, and the chutzpah of building on mountains. Show more
Max Reinhardt digs deep into his record bag to find sonic inspiration, plus a preview of London's 'Baroque at the Edge' festival. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert by the Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart and Sibelius. Show more