Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Suzy Klein - The Rorschach Test, Libera me & In paradisum from Faure's Requiem, Kate Mosse
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music. Author and playwright Kate Mosse reveals her cultural influences and inspirations. Show more
Donald Macleod explores an episode in Debussy's life that scandalised Paris and turned most of his friends against him. Show more
Cello sonatas and solo piano music by Debussy and Pizzetti played by Cedric Tiberghien and Camille Thomas at LSO St Luke's in London. Show more
Penny Gore showcases some of the Ulster Orchestra's most recent recordings, including performances of works by Dukas, Debussy and Ravel. Show more
An archive service from the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool (first broadcast 3 April 1974). Show more
New Generation Artist, Andrei Ionita plays Bach's Cello Suite No 3 in C. Show more
In Tune
Jacqui Dankworth and Butterfly's Wing, Thomas Dausgaard, Josep-Ramon Olivé and William Wallace
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Live music from singer Jacqui Dankworth, Butterfly's Wing, baritone Josep-Ramon Olive and tenor William Wallace. Plus Sean Rafferty talks with conductor Thomas Dausgaard. Show more
In Tune's specially curated mixtape: a concerto for not one guitar but four by Rodrigo, a Spanish count's serenade, tender Telemann, an Easter Hymn plus Chopin & Rachmaninov. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC SO Sakari Oramo in Clyne, Britten and Beethoven
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Barbican Hall, Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Anna Clyne, Britten's Violin Concerto with soloist Vilde Frang, & Beethoven's 6th Symphony. Show more
What do we mean when we talk about a gang, the difference between loose street connections and organised crime, and why asking the question 'who am I' so often leads to trouble. Show more
Joanne Paul on satire, flattery and document leaks in the C16 and C17 centuries and the relevance of strategies for telling truth to those who hold power over us now. Show more
Nick Luscombe plays the soundtrack to cult French cartoon Les Shadoks by Robert Cohen-Solal, a new-age classic and an encounter between Renaissance music and algorithms. Show more
Through the Night
Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Bernard Haitink and Maria Joao Pires
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Bernard Haitink, with soloist Maria Joao Pires in Schubert and Mozart from the BBC Proms 2015. With John Shea. Show more
