Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Treacle Mines, Stewart Lee, Whitacre's Lux Aurumque
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus comedian Stewart Lee talks about his cultural inspirations. Show more
Donald Macleod unravels the rich musical legacy of a composer known almost exclusively for one iconic work, the Canon in D. Today, the composer's colourful life in Erfurt. Show more
Sarah Walker introduces highlights from the Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music series. Today, Gould Piano Trio perform Beethoven, and there's Mozart with the Haffner Wind Ensemble. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Tuesday - BBC National Orchestra of Wales' 90th anniversary celebrations
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Kate Molleson introduces a week of Afternoon Concerts marking the 90th birthday of the BBC NOW and explores its music-making partnerships with key conductors. Show more
Kate Molleson presents highlights from this year's Young Musician competition, this week featuring a selection of performances from the percussion category finalists.
In Tune
Sir Roger Norrington, Roger Montgomery, Patricia Ward Kelly, Matthew Whitaker
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. His guests include Sir Roger Norrington and Roger Montgomery. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: including ballet music by Aaron Copland, John Tavener writing for string quartet and a traditional hornpipe. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain play Bernstein and John Williams
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Kwamé Ryan conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, plus music by John Williams and James Newton Howard. Show more
Matthew Sweet evaluates the legacy of the company behind A Taste of Honey and Look Back in Anger and talks to Maggi Hambling about Cedric Morris, one of British art's lost masters. Show more
Harland Miller is an artist whose word-play and dexterous brushwork has won him acclaim. He recalls how the past has informed his work - at school it was the art of 'customising'. Show more
Nick is joined by instrument maker and performer Phantom Chips to share her favourite sounds. Plus an ode to Brixton, exotic dance funk and a sweet duo inspired by motherhood. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra of works including Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 and Rachmaninov Symphony No 2. Show more
