Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Suzy - Joshua Bell, Electricity Pylons, Widor's Toccata
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 and Dr Nicholas Reyland explore Lutoslawski's involvement with the Solidarity movement in Poland, and a change in his musical direction. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music from Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) and friends. Grieg: Andante con moto. Grainger: Folk Songs from the British Isles. Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata. Show more
Penny Gore presents this week's Thursday Opera Matinee: Rossini's Moses in Egypt, performed at the Bregenz Festival last summer. Show more
Katie Derham presents, with guests including the Martin Hayes Quartet and violinist Vadim Gluzman. Show more
In Tune's specially curated mixtape: Dreamy Puccini, mellow Miles Davis and a naive waltz by Elena Kats-Chernin. Also music by Handel, Dvorak, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Respighi. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Joshua Bell play Vivaldi and Beethoven
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields plays Vivaldi and Beethoven, live from Colston Hall, conducted by Joshua Bell. Show more
From Ecuador to the Scottish borders: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to Maren Meinhardt and Graham Robb about exploring the Scottish borders and the Ecuador seen by Humboldt. Show more
Professor Francis O'Gorman wonders how much of what we think is remembering is actually forgetting. What is our relationship with past time and fantasy? Show more
Verity Sharp hosts a concert recorded at Nottingham Contemporary, showcasing local experimental artists Rattle, Dead Rat Orchestra, and Xenia Pestova with Ed Bennett. Show more
Pioneering electronic composer, sound designer, and master of the Buchla synthesiser Suzanne Ciani plays 30 minutes of music from across the spectrum. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance from the 2015 BBC Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales playing Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and a premiere of Qigang Chen's Iris Devoilee. Show more
