Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Friday with Ian Skelly - Stephen Mangan, Kreisler Prelude and Allegro, Fake news
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, actor Stephen Mangan. Show more
Donald Macleod tells the story of Tchaikovsky's final months, including the puzzle of his death, just days after the premiere of his Sixth Symphony. Show more
Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce the performance by the tenth semi-finalist, Yuchong Wu, and look back at some of the chamber music highlights from the competition. Show more
The Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs Mendelssohn's wonderfully descriptive music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and Shostakovich's intensely dark and poetic 13th Symphony Show more
Sean Rafferty's guests include music director of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck; BBC Music Introducing Artists, Polaris Duo; & 12 ensemble with Jennifer Stumm. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Leeds International Piano Competition 2018 - Finals 1/2
2 hours, 58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce the first round of the concerto finals, live from Leeds Town Hall, with the first three pianists, the Halle and Edward Gardner. Show more
Ian McMillan is joined by broadcaster and writer Michael Palin, composer Anne Dudley, sound artist and beatboxer Jason Singh and performance poet Mojdeh Stoakley. Show more
Writer Polly Coles explores the curious coexistence in Italian churches of public grandeur and private domesticity. The Church is her final essay about Italy’s public spaces. Show more
Lopa Kothari with a studio session from Somalia's Dur-Dur Band, a Mixtape from Jamaican singer Winston McAnuff and a Road Trip to Mexico with Betto Arcos. Show more
Selections of Gershwin's music in a concert given by pianist Josep Colom and Barcelona Symphonic Wind Band. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more