Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Haggis hunting, Siân Phillips, Rimsky Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, actress Sian Phillips. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's life-changing relationship with Brahms, introducing a complete performance of the String Quintet in G. Show more
Highlights of the 2018 Schwetzingen Festival with Sarah Walker. The Belcea Quartet perform Mozart, and artist-in-residence, violinist Antje Weithaas, performs a sonata by Ysaye. Show more
Tom McKinney presents more performances from the BBC Philharmonic, including the UK premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's Horn Concerto and symphonies by Beethoven and Copland. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of conversation, arts news and live performance. Her guests include the Isango Ensemble, conductor Paul Spicer and soprano Héloïse Werner. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Classical music for focus and inspiration
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 9 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, today featuring Mancini, Chopin and Boulanger. Show more
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, Quatuor Ebene play Beethoven's String Quartet in G, Faure's Stromg Quartet in E minor and, with Martin Frost, Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor. Show more
Free Thinking
The Working Lunch and Food in History
45 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
James C Scott on the birth of cities and how the Victorians changed lunch, with New Generation Thinkers Elsa Richardson and Chris Kissane. Show more
Mary Carleton is possibly the most famous imposter of the 17th century. John Gallagher argues that the story of the 'German Princess' questions what evidence we can believe. Show more
Another adventure in music of epic, widescreen proportions. Featured composers include Christopher Chaplin and Keaton Henson. Show more
Catriona Young begins Through the Night with a performance of Portuguese music from the 18th century by Os Musicos do Tejo. Works later in the programme include Ravel's La Valse. Show more