Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Silk Worms, De Falla, Gyles Brandreth
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, Gyles Brandreth. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the strange, brilliant and sometimes nightmarish world of Alfred Schnittke. Today, unravelling how Schnittke blended jarringly disparate musical styles. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2018
Episode 1
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Armida Quartet performs Prokofiev and pianist Llyr Williams plays a selection of pieces from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. Show more
Mark Elder conducts the Hallé, the Hallé Choir and Youth Choir plus soloists Sophie Bevan and Anna Stéphany in music by Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky. Show more
A lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Sean Rafferty's guests include tenor Simon O'Neill, director Christopher Renshaw, The Heath Quartet, and pianist Tim Horton. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Andew Manze perform two 'London' symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams. Show more
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani travels to America to discover the past and present of African-American classical music. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: Havana Meets Kingston. Leading reggae and dancehall producer Mista Savona brings together some of Cuba and Jamaica's most influential musicians. Show more
Guest host Jennifer Lucy Allan makes her Late Junction debut with foghorns, bagpipes, sacred harps, and psych rock. Show more
John Shea presents Gounod's Faust, recorded in Moscow in 2016. Sergei Romanovsky is Faust, Irina Lungi, Marguerite and Ildar Abdrazakov sings the role of Mephistopheles. Show more
