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 - Peter Bazalgette, Credit Cards, Brahms' Lullaby
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music, while arts and culture supremo Sir Peter Bazalgette talks about the ideas that inspire him. Show more
Donald Macleod explains how Strozzi strove hard to bring her music to print, keenly seeking patronage for her work. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
BBC Radio 3 Big Chamber Day - Tchaikovsky and His Influences. 3/4
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker presents the third of four concerts of songs by Tchaikovsky and his influences from the BBC Radio 3 Big Chamber Day at Saffron Hall in Essex. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Thursday - Opera Matinee: Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Georgia Mann presents this week's Opera Matinee, a performance of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur from the Vienna State Opera starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala. Show more
Georgia Mann presents highlights from this year's Young Musician brass finalists, ahead of the Brass Category Finals on BBC4 on Friday. Today, Will Thomas on Trumpet & Flugelhorn. Show more
In Tune
Navarra Quartet, Danielle de Niese, Sir James Galway, Menahem Pressler, Siglo de Oro
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Katie Derham with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Her guests include Danielle de Niese, Menahem Pressler, Sir James Galway, Navarra Quartet & Siglo de Oro. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist. Tonight's selection features a silver swan, a cimbalom and four theremins; plus Vivaldi's Spring...with a difference. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Smetana, Chopin, Dvorak
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The BBC SSO and conductor Matthias Pintscher perform music by Smetana and Dvorak and French virtuoso David Kadouch joins them to play Chopin's 2nd Piano Concerto. Show more
Novelist Tomoyuki Hoshino, photographer Suzanne Mooney, writer/photographer Mariko Nagai and filmmaker Kyoko Miyake look at life in the city for the Heisei generations. Show more
Christopher Harding tells the story of a famous crime, which also serves as a metaphor for the theft of postwar promises of liberty and openness in 1960s Japan. Show more
Live sets by Tomoko Sauvage, MimiCof and Hatis Noit recorded at Spiritland in London. Part of Radio 3's Night Blossoms season of Japanese music and culture. Show more
A Late Junction mixtape from the mind of Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Otomo Yoshihide. Show more
Through the Night
John Shea with music from around Europe plus BBC New Generation Artist performances
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
John Shea presents performances by BBC New Generation Artists - today, Late Brahms and Schumann. Show more
