Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Essential Classics
Monday with Ian Skelly - Knossos, Wiren's Serenade for Strings, Stephen Mangan
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, the actor Stephen Mangan. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Tchaikovsky's early years as a bureaucrat in St Petersburg. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wigmore Monday Lunchtimes: Ilker Arcayurek and Ammiel Bushakevitz
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. The new season of lunchtime chamber music concerts opens with tenor Ilker Arcayurek performing an all-Schubert programme. Show more
Argentinian conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcon brings Handel’s intensely dramatic oratorio Samson, based on Milton's tragic poem, to life. Presented by Tom Redmond. Show more
In Tune
Jennifer Pike, Michael Gurevich, Paul Lewis, Adam Gatehouse, Ellie Laugharne
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty's guests include soprano Ellie Laugharne, violinist Jennifer Pike, plus Paul Lewis and Adam Gatehouse from the Leeds International Piano Competition. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring music of "sweet harmony" by Jocelyn Pook, Haydn and Shostakovich. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Edinburgh International Festival: The Opening Concert
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Edward Gardner conducts the SCO in Haydn's oratorio depicting the beginning of the world, The Creation, which opened this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Show more
Tom Service travels to New York City to discover Bernstein's musical and social legacy, uncovering musicians and institutions working towards the goals he championed. Show more
Writer Polly Coles reads her first essay about Italy’s public spaces. The Piazza is the social, political and emotional heart of Italian communities, from hamlets to great cities. Show more
Soweto Kinch presents Jason Moran in concert at the 2018 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Show more
Emmanuel Pahud plays Poulenc, Julia Fischer plays Svendson, plus Debussy's own performance of his piano prelude, La cathedrale engloutie. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
