Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Monday with Ian Skelly - The tooth fairy, Litolff's Scherzo op 102, Niamh Cusack
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus actor Niamh Cusack reveals her cultural inspirations. Show more
Donald Macleod looks at the impact on Schumann of becoming Dusseldorf's director of music. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wigmore Hall Mondays: Laura van der Heijden and Petr Limonov
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Cellist Laura van der Heijden and pianist Petr Limonov play sonatas by Shostakovich and Britten. Show more
Penny Gore begins a week of concerts featuring the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, with music by Mozart and Bruckner. Show more
In the 40th anniversary year of the competition, Penny Gore presents highlights from this year's Young Musician string category finalists. Show more
In Tune
Modulus Quartet, Carl Davis, Max Baillie, Erik Rydvall and Olav Mjelva
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from violist Max Baillie together with Scandinavian folk musicians Erik Rydvall and Olav Mjelva. Plus the Modulus Quartet perform live. Show more
A specially selected playlist with sacred music from Haydn, a song from the Solomon Islands and Handel's Messiah with added trombones. Show more
Tom Redmond presents a concert of Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy given in Liverpool by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Hough (piano) and Vasily Petrenko. Show more
Kate Molleson meets Mark-Anthony Turnage, one of the UK's leading composers, and Norma Waterson, one of the doyennes of the English folk song revival. Show more
Journalist and writer Afua Hirsch discusses Jean Rhys's novel - a book she first hated, which later helped shape her thinking on Britishness. Show more
Soweto Kinch with Django Bates' Beloved at Ronnie Scott's. Show more
From 2014 BBC Proms, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and Han-na Chang play Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto with Denis Matsuev and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Catriona Young presents. Show more
