Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Niamh Cusack, Into the unknown, Sinding's Rustle of spring
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 focuses on the premiere of Schumann's melancholy Manfred Overture in a half-empty concert hall, a disappointment leavened by the birth of a new child. Show more
Chamber concert recordings from all over the UK and beyond. Casals Quartet perform Beethoven and Sollima as part of the New Town Concert series at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Show more
Penny Gore introduces more live concert recordings featuring the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Today, music by Mahler. Show more
From the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford. 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
Rachel Kelly, Thiago Soares, Marcelo Bratke, Hayle Gadelha, Katherine Bryan.
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty's guests are mezzo Rachel Kelly, dancer Thiago Soares, pianist Marcelo Bratke, Hayle Gadelha and flautist Katherine Bryan who performs live in the studio. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an imaginative, eclectic mix of music, featuring favourites together with lesser-known gems, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Britten, Elgar, Rachmaninov
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform Rachmaninov, and Elgar's Cello Concerto with Steven Isserlis. Show more
Novelists Kit de Waal and Adelle Stripe, TV, theatre and radio writer Michael Chaplin and author, rapper and winner of this year's Orwell Prize Darren McGarvey with Shahidha Bari. Show more
The artist describes the inspiration of these legendary tales. Show more
Writer, researcher, and record label boss Jennifer Lucy Allan makes her Late Junction debut. She wants to talk about lighthouses, foghorns, and Gaelic psalms. Show more
John Shea presents a gala concert of music by Rossini given by the National Opera of Ukraine. Show more