Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Nellie Bly, Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, Joyce DiDonato
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, plus mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato lists her influences and inspirations. Show more
All roads lead to Rome, they say, but not in Ravel's case. Donald Macleod looks at Ravel's music and career, following the Prix de Rome scandal. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Michael Collins and Friends at LSO St Luke's (1/4)
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
In the first of four concerts given by clarinettist Michael Collins and friends at LSO St Luke's in London, pianist Michael McHale joins in to play Reinecke, Stanford and Brahms. Show more
Georgia Mann presents music from Sweden conducted and composed by women, alongside Handel's The Triumph of Time and Disillusion conducted by Emmanuelle Haim. Show more
Katie Derham with a mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Katie's guests include pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and Solomon's Knot, plus she visits the Chelsea Flower Show. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring music by Amy Beach, Jean-Baptiste Lully and John Williams amongst others. Produced by Lucy Eliot-Higgitt. Show more
Martin Handley presents the Britten Sinfonia live from the Barbican in London. They perform Beethoven's Symphonies Nos 4 and 5 and the UK premiere of Gerald Barry's Piano Concerto. Show more
Free Thinking
Motherhood in fiction, memoir and on the analyst's couch
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Writers Sheila Heti, Jessie Greengrass and Jacqueline Rose discuss motherhood and presenter Anne McElvoy looks at depictions of Mrs Noah with New Generation Thinker Daisy Black. Show more
Joanna Robertson argues that book-shopping in New York is not just about buying goods, but also about intellectual validation and building bridges to Europe. Show more
Verity Sharp shares new music for disorientation, meditation, and transformation. Featured artists include The Transcendence Orchestra, Ben Vince, and Clarice Jensen. Show more
Through the Night
Three Mazurkas, a pair of songs and a set of Enigma Variations
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Swain presents a recital from Vilabertran Schubertiade with Sarah Connolly and Malcolm Martineau in a programme of Strauss, Zemlinsky, Eisler, Korngold and Copland. Show more
