Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Ian Skelly - Musical comedy footnotes, Jessie Burton
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Ian's guest is novelist Jessie Burton. Show more
Donald Macleod explores five personality traits of Anton Bruckner, one of the strangest geniuses in music. Today, the insecurities that led him to rethink his works again and again Show more
Radio 3 New Generation Artist Aleksey Semenenko plays music for violin by Schubert, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky at the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend at Snape Maltings. Show more
A thrilling live recording of Anton Rubinstein's steamy opera, The Demon, recorded earlier this year at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, with Egils Silins in the title role. Show more
Katie Derham presents, with live music from trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins, harpist Olivia Jageurs and oud player Khyam Allami. Plus renowned actor Ciaran Hinds. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, with pieces by Schubert, Mozart, Giuseppe Demachi and a vintage gospel performance from Mahalia Jackson.
Radio 3 in Concert
Brighton Early Music Festival: The English Style in Medieval France
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From the Brighton Early Music Festival, the Sollazzo Ensemble bring their vivid style of performance to a range of 15th-century music inspired by English composers. Show more
The programme discusses memory and looks at public intellectuals across time. Plus, Matthew Sweet considers the responsibility of thinking with Isaiah Berlin's editor, Henry Hardy. Show more
Author Patrick McGuinness explores the grottiness of the labyrinthine ear. Show more
A special mixtape from acclaimed composer, electronic music pioneer and former Yellow Magic Orchestra member Ryuichi Sakamoto. Show more
An acoustically led journey through the corridors of Upton House, which resonate with the sound of hundreds of beautiful, tolling, chiming, ticking clocks. Show more
Hindu philosophy links Foulds's Three Mantras and Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony. John Shea presents a concert from the 2015 BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena. Show more
