Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Show more
Essential Classics
Friday with Ian Skelly - Cave of Harmony, Saint-Saens, 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, Schnittke's remarkable late creativity in the midst of physical decline. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2018
Episode 4
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The Armida Quartet performs Beethoven and pianist Llyr Williams plays Rachmaninov. Final programme in a series of broadcasts presented by John Toal. Show more
BBC Proms repeat. An Alpine Symphony: Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet in a performance of music by Haas and Strauss. Show more
In Tune
Uri Caine, Thomas Dausgaard, Catriona McDermid, Nicholas Collon, Tom Service
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty's guests include pianist/composer Uri Caine, conductor Thomas Dausgaard, bassoonist Catriona McDermid, conductor Nicholas Collon and BBC Radio presenter Tom Service. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist, with Steve Reich's The Desert Music, a trip to the underworld Mozart and Ella Fitzgerald singing Irving Berlin. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: Stephen Bell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, with folk musicians Sam Lee, Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks, ALAW and Jarleth Henderson. Show more
Sunday Feature
Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: A Square Dance in Heaven
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
The Rev Lucy Winkett takes a musical tour of the Reformation, visiting places in Germany where people such as Martin Luther, Bach and Johann Walther lived and worked. Show more
Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell with recorded highlights from Womad, including sets from Canadian trio Vishten and Brazilian singer Renata Rosa. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Bruckner's 8th Symphony by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Donald Runnicles from the 2012 BBC Proms. Show more
