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 - Steven McRae, Punch and Judy, Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and principal dancer at The Royal Ballet Steven McRae lists his inspirations and influences. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Takemistu's final years when, undergoing treatment for cancer, he plans to write an opera. Show more
With the Calidore String Quartet playing Mendelssohn's Quartet in D, Op 44 No 1. Plus Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet) and Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) in Weinberg: Clarinet Sonata. Show more
Georgia Mann presents a concert given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Aberdeen's Music Hall. John Wilson conducts. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Live music comes from pianist Shai Wosner and players from Aurora Orchestra, and violinist Ray Chen. Show more
Bernstein's Mambo kicks off this mixtape, followed by fellow Americans Feldman and Gershwin. Also featured are Beethoven, Purcell and Anna Meredith.
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC National Orchestra of Wales plays Sibelius's Fifth Symphony
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Sibelius's Fifth Symphony with Principal Conductor Thomas Sondergard. Show more
Ian McMillan and the Poetry Book Club audience are joined by Douglas Dunn to discuss his debut collection Terry Street and his latest The Noise of a Fly. Show more
Writer Louise Welsh reflects on the theme of the uncanny in the writing of Muriel Spark through her story The House of the Famous Poet. Show more
Guest presenter Georgia Ruth shares new tracks from across the globe, plus a BBC Introducing studio session. Show more
John Shea presents a concert of Russian folk songs from Moscow. Show more