Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with Rachmaninov, Telemann and Butterworth
2 hours, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker with a broad range of music, including works Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, de Falla, Rodrigo and Telemann. Her Sunday Escape is George Butterworth’s English Idyll No 1 Show more
Michael Berkeley’s guest is award-winning writer Rebecca Stott. With music by Mozart, Pergolesi and Leonard Cohen. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wigmore Monday Lunchtimes: Roberta Invernizzi and friends
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From Wigmore Hall, London. Soprano Roberta Invernizzi and friends perform music of the Italian baroque, including works by Monteverdi, Caccini, D'india and Rossi. Show more
The Early Music Show
Boethius's 'The Consolation of Philosophy' in music
41 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lucie Skeaping talks to Sam Barrett and Benjamin Bagby about Sequentia’s project to reconstruct songs from Boethius's 'The Consolation of Philosophy', a seminal medieval book. Show more
From Manchester Cathedral with the BBC Philharmonic. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of irresistible music for voices featuring a gentle robin, waltzing innocents, and a chorister’s prayer. Show more
Tom Service explores the appeal of the musical interval of the third. He asks why a major third can feel positive, a minor third sad, plus he discusses the tritone. Show more
Daniel Defoe to WB Yeats, Koechlin to Cole Porter, Fanny Burney to Mrs Beeton. Music, poetry and prose on disease. The readers are Michael Fenton Stevens and Josette Simons. Show more
Writer, journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch investigates the fascinating story of 'Fire!!', a short-lived literary magazine from the Harlem Renaissance published in 1926. Show more
Dramatisation of BS Johnson's 1960s 'novel in a box' starring Martin Freeman. The order of scenes was randomised, in keeping with the novel, intended to be read in any order. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Concert highlights from Prague, Geneva, Oslo and Verbier
1 hour, 29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Kate Molleson dips into concerts from around Europe, including performances by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic and Elisabeth Leonskaja, and chamber music by Brahms. Show more
Gli Incogniti perform music by Couperin, Marais and Rebel, recorded at the Pau Casals International Music Festival in the Spanish town of El Vendrell. Simon Heighes presents. Show more
Noisettes frontwoman Shingai tries Clemmie's classical playlist and reveals her operatic inspirations. Show more
Through the Night
Perpetual Blackbird - A Sally Beamish world premiere recording
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Jonathan Swain presents the Armida Quartet's BBC Chamber Music Prom from 2016, with music by Schubert and Mozart and the premiere performance of Sally Beamish's Merula perpetua. Show more
