Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Suzy Klein - Kate Mosse, Critical Days, Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary
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 looks at the time in Debussy's life when he was settled into domesticity, but with invitations to conduct abroad, he was away from his family more than he wanted. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents choral music by Debussy and Pizzetti, including Pizzetti's Requiem, performed by the BBC Singers and conductor Owain Park at LSO St Luke's in London. Show more
Penny Gore introduces Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Show more
In Tune
Carducci Quartet, Gabriella Swallow and Warren Mailley-Smith, Barry Rose
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker presents. Guests today include the Carducci Quartet, cellist Gabriella Swallow with pianist Warren Mailley-Smith and choral conductor Barry Rose. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist, including music by Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson, Alfred Brendel playing Beethoven and Jennifer Higdon's Pale Yellow. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Nielsen and Mozart
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Nielsen's Symphony No 5, and they are joined by Martin Frost to perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Show more
BBC TV presenter David Olusoga, anthropologist Kit Davies and writer Kenan Malik debate what civilisation means with Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage Gateshead. Show more
New Generation Thinker Emma Butcher looks at what we learn about war from the writing of child soldiers in The Battle of Trafalgar and the childhood writings of the Bronte family. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents a rare reissue of soul record Two Sisters from Bagdad, the jazz-ish aesthetic of composer Henry Threadgill and wedding music from Azerbaijan. Show more
Through the Night
Eurgene Onegin. Andrie Bondarenko and Olga Mykytenko. With Catriona Young
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin recorded in Kiev. With Catriona Young. Olga Mykytenko is the love struck Tatyana, and Andrei Bondarenkoteh dismissive Eugene Onegin. Show more
