Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Sibelius's Valse Triste, Yorkshire's greatest magician, and guest Marin Alsop
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus conductor Marin Alsop on the people, places and ideas that inspire her. Show more
Now the toast of the town, Chopin was producing some of his most iconic works. Donald Macleod explores music he wrote during the intense, unorthodox relationship with his mistress. Show more
Sarah Walker presents chamber music by Balakirev, Eisler and Shostakovich performed by Ensemble 360 at Sheffield's Crucible Studio as part of the recent Russia in the Round season. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents a concert by the BBC Symphony Chorus featuring Brahms's Requiem and music by British composers William Harris, Gabriel Jackson and Vaughan Williams. Show more
Live from York Minster. Show more
New Generation Artists
Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Pavel Kolesnikov plays Debussy's Images, Book 1, and Nicolas Altstaedt is joined by Jonathan Cohen for a sonata by the French Baroque master, Jean Barriere. Show more
Katie Derham with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Katie's guests include the Orsino Ensemble and Maxim Vengerov. Show more
In Tune's specially curated mixtape, featuring Venetian Renaissance brass music by Giovanni Gabrieli, a lilting dance by Dvorak and a joyous concerto for two pianos by Mozart. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Ulster Orchestra's 2017/2018 season finale with conductor Rafael Payare and mezzo-soprano Katarina Karneus
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
2017/2018 season finale from the Ulster Hall, Belfast, with the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Payare, and mezzo Katarina Karneus. Music by Britten, Mahler and Shostakovich. Show more
Free Thinking
Bernard-Henri Lévy, Edith Hall and Simon Critchley
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Arts and cultural debate. From football, to Brexit, to the good life: Shahidha Bari talks to three philosophers about how their work applies outside university. Show more
A personal exploration of writers' unexpected muses - place, people and memories. Dramatist Jeff Young considers the unusual array of muses that inform his and other writers' work. Show more
Max Reinhardt selects strange music to make the night sing including unreleased tape music from the former Eastern Bloc, Scottish grime and a piece for voices by Caroline Shaw. Show more
John Shea presents a BBC Prom from 2017 featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Debussy, Ravel and the European premiere of a work by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Show more
