Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Friday with Ian Skelly - Harrison Birtwistle, Battles on Ice, New Year New Music
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 journeys with Colin Matthews into the First World War. Show more
Ian Skelly presents highlights of the Schubertiade, with music by Schumann and Brahms. Show more
This week, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is curating a special 'New Year, New Music' series of Afternoon Concert. Today he looks at Arvo Part's Fourth Symphony, 'Los Angeles'. Show more
Katie Derham with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Katie's guests are pianist Paul Lewis, composer Poul Ruders, and Norwegian duo Bjarte Eike and Jon Balke. Show more
A specialy created mixtape with music from Shostakovich, Weelkes, Bartok, Liszt, Schubert, Villa-Lobos, Bach and an arrangement of a classsic Beatles song. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Total Immersion Esa-Pekka Salonen: BBC Singers and Guildhall Musicians
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The BBC Singers perform choral works by Salonen and his teacher Rautavaara plus virtuosic instrumental works performed by musicians from the Guildhall. Show more
The Verb welcomes January's fresh starts and clear-outs with poems on empty drawers and new beginnings. Ron Padgett, Hollie McNish, Laurie Bolger and Harry Giles join Ian McMillan. Show more
Nikesh Shukla on Watershed in Bristol and how it helped him fall in love with the city. Show more
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Catriona Young presents a concert by the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra with music by Mozart and Haydn. Show more