Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Mozart Symphony No.40, Joshua Bell, Ah Sing the Opium Master
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and violinist and conductor Joshua Bell reveals his cultural inspirations and influences. Show more
Donald Macleod introduces us to Lutoslawski's alter-ego, Derwid, and explores his conducting career and reaction to both further political unrest in Poland and personal tragedy. Show more
Music from Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) and friends. Beethoven: Twelve Variations on See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus. Shostakovich: Viola Sonata. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Wednesday - BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Afternoon Concert
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts and recordings from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Afternoon Concert's tone poem theme continues with Smetana and Liszt. Show more
From St Paul's Cathedral, London, on the Eve of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. Show more
New Generation Artists
New Generation Artists in Saint-Saens, Bizet and Vieuxtemps and Eric Coates
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
New Generation Artists in a largely French programme of music by Saint-Saens, Bizet and Henri Vieuxtemps. Show more
Katie Derham presents, with guests including conductor Francois-Xavier Roth, and live music from both cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus. Show more
In this In Tune playlist, Grieg arranges some well-known Mozart, Bach is interrupted by Shostakovich, and Borodin blends with Sandstrom. Show more
50 years to the day since the orchestra played its first concert, the London Sinfonietta celebrates its birthday with the music that has shaped its identity. Show more
As the Royal Academy and the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace display art collected by Charles I and II, Philip Dodd looks at patronage and changing depictions of royalty. Show more
Writer Mark Illis explores why he has forgotten much of his teenage years and wonders if forgetting is a natural process, a part of growing up. Show more
Griot music from Mauritania, harp music from the Peruvian Andes, the sound of zips and velcro and we hear from the pioneer of the synthesizer Suzanne Ciani. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott at the 2013 BBC Proms. Show more
