Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Friday with Suzy Klein - The Wreck of The City of Boston, Peter Bazalgette
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 on Strozzi's final years, when she worked to secure a better future for her children, having failed to find a rich patron who might have supported her and her family. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
BBC Radio 3 Big Chamber Day - Tchaikovsky and His Influences. 4/4
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker presents the last 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
Georgia Mann concludes her week of performances by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Today features Bartok's folk influenced music with contributions from folk musicians. Show more
Georgia Mann presents highlights from this year's Young Musician brass finalists, ahead of the Brass Category Finals on BBC4 on Friday. Isobel Daws is 18 and plays the trombone. Show more
Katie Derham with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Katie's guests include Kaushiki Chakraborty, Gergely Madaras and Leslie Howard. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist, featuring Vivaldi's Gloria, John Coltrane's saxophone and a musical moment from Schubert. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Simon Trpceski plays Grieg, Mendelssohn and Rimsky-Korsakov
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Simon Trpceski performs a remarkable piano arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, in addition to Grieg and Mendelssohn. Mark Forrest presents from Birmingham Town Hall. Show more
Ian McMillan's guests include the poet Yasuhiro Yotsumoto, singer Akari Mochizuki on 'Enka' (Japanese Blues), and comedian Yuriko Kotani. Show more
Christopher Harding asks if mental illness in Japan may actually be a sign of a rejection of a narrowly conceived modernity. Show more
Japanese Taiko drummer Joji Hirota & his band are in session with Kathryn Tickell for Radio 3's new world music show, plus a Road Trip to Japan and a Mixtape from Catrin Finch. Show more
Through the Night
John Shea presents music from around Europe, including a 2017 BBC Proms concert with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
From the 2017 BBC Proms, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in an all Mendelssohn programme with violinist Isabelle Faust. Presented by John Shea. Show more
