Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Divided 1930s, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lynne Truss
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music plus this week's guest, writer Lynne Truss. Show more
Choral director Jeremy Summerly and Donald Macleod go in search of that elusive Renaissance master, Josquin des Prez. Today, Josquin's secular music. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Mahler songs and a Schumann piano trio at St George's Bristol
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Mahler's moving Ruckert Lieder performed by Mark Padmore with Julius Drake, and London Bridge Trio play Schumann's impassioned First Piano Trio at St George's Bristol. Show more
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, in Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe. Show more
From St Alban's Church in Holborn, London, with Genesis Sixteen. Show more
Mark Simpson plays John Ireland, and Fatma Said and Annelein Van Wauwe perform Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from guitarist Craig Ogden and pianist Florian Mitrea. Plus conductor Karina Canellakis looks forward to performing at the BBC Proms. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an imaginative, eclectic mix of music, including Mathias, Mozart and Francaix. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Gershwin's An American in Paris and Messiaen's epic Turangalila Symphony. Show more
Alan Dein explores the 'other voice' of the Third Programme - not the plummy accent, or the rarefied readings and art music, but the expressive voice of so-called ordinary people. Show more
In his series of imaginary correspondences, novelist Ian Sansom writes to some of literary history's most famous figures, including George Eliot who appears to be ignoring him. Show more
Max presents live music from the BBC Introducing stage at the Latitude Festival. Features the Balkan big-band OP SA!, performance artist Neil Luck and folk trio Windjammer. Show more
John Shea presents music from the 2014 gala concert of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw with performances by Joseph Moog, Daniel Hope and the Signum Quartet. Show more
