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 - Liszt's Rhapsodie espagnole, Evelyn Glennie, Le Guin
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals her cultural inspirations and influences. Show more
Donald Macleod introduces music written by Strauss during the Third Reich and looks at the repercussions of his close association with the Nazi regime. Show more
Music from Aldeburgh 2017. With Mark Padmore (tenor) and Roger Vignoles (piano) in Faure's La Bonne Chanson. Plus the Belcea Quartet playing Shostakovich's String Quartet No 3. Show more
Auber's three act comic opera about notorious bandit Fra Diavolo, who meets his match in lovelorn soldier Lorenzo, whose future marriage to his beloved Zerline is at stake. Show more
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. His guests include musicians from Tango After Dark and singers from Guildhall Opera. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: including music by William Byrd, Benjamin Britten arranged by Matthew Barley and a cat portrayed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales celebrate St David's Day
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales present a St David's Day Gala from St David's Hall, Cardiff, with Bryn Terfel. Show more
Sean Williams rereads Laurence Sterne's subjective 1768 travel book, talks to novelist Philip Hensher, and to Nick Hunt about his walks to experience European winds. Show more
The writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting continues her series of Essays with a closer look at how we have paid attention at different points in history. Show more
Violin virtuoso Aisha Orazbayeva shares her latest musical discoveries with Max Reinhardt. Show more
Through the Night
BBC Proms 2016: Chloe Hanslip with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Swain presents a world premiere performance from the 2016 BBC Proms of Michael Berkeley's Violin Concerto, and excerpts from Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Show more