Petroc Trelawny presents a Boxing Day edition of Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Boxing Day with Ian Skelly - Michael Morpurgo, Debussy's La boîte à joujoux, Roman Christmas
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Ian Skelly's guest is Michael Morpurgo. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Baroque master Heinrich Schutz. We are in Venice, where Schutz studied with Gabrieli and hobnobbed with Monteverdi. Show more
Andrew McGregor presents highlights from the Oxford Lieder Festival 2018. Kai Ruutel sings Brahms, Camilla Tilling sings Schoenberg and Sibelius, plus music from Schubert & Co. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Ravel, Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
1 hour, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Music by Maurice Ravel including Bolero and works inspired by the waltz. A performance from the 30th anniversary of Riccardo Chailly's debut at the Lucerne Festival. Show more
From the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, on the Feast of St Stephen. Show more
Actors Robert Lindsay and Claire Benedict read some of the canine literature of writers including Dodie Smith, Frank L Baum, Rudyard Kipling and Emily Dickinson. Show more
Simon Hofele performs an arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue, bass-baritone Ashley Riches sings Vernon Duke's 'Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo' and guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays Piazzolla. Show more
John Wilson conducts an outstanding cast, chorus and orchestra in English National Opera's universally acclaimed production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Show more
Peter Phillips shares his lifelong passion for Renaissance vocal music by exploring the lives and works of two very contrasting composers: Thomas Tallis and Nicolas Gombert. Show more
Stewart Lee’s Christmas stint as guest editor continues as he is joined by fellow comedian and left-field music fan Tim Key. Show more
Hailed as one of the greatest conductors of Czech music, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's former chief conductor, Jiri Belohlavek, is celebrated in music by Smetana, Martinu and Dvorak Show more