Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Simon Armitage, Tavener's The Lamb, umbrella theft
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Ian Skelly's guest is poet Simon Armitage. Show more
In the light of a warning from his father, Donald Macleod examines Liszt’s complicated relationships with women. Show more
Pianist Sam Haywood curates a series of concerts from The Venue at Leeds College of Music exploring the chamber works of Schubert and his peers, including Chopin and Spohr. Show more
Leif Ove Andsnes plays Britten's dazzling piano concerto with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under Lionel Bringuier, followed by the vibrant musical colours of Scheherazade. Show more
Live from Winchester Cathedral. Show more
New Generation Artists
Elisabeth Brauss in Chopin and Alessandro Fisher in Donizetti
31 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Elisabeth Brauss plays Chopin and Alessandro Fisher sings Bellini and Donizetti. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Guests on today's programme are Kathryn Rudge, Christopher Glynn and Jamie Bergin. Show more
Haydn's ticklingly playful Trio in C, a whirling tarantella by Madeleine Dring and a high-kicking version of Brahms's First Hungarian Dance. Show more
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, play Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Sibelius's Fourth Symphony. Show more
Ways of Seeing from Bonnard to Bill Viola with artists Michael Craig-Martin & Aura Satz, scientist Daniel Glaser and art writer Kelly Grovier. Laurence Scott presents. Show more
Andrew Martin's five essays that muse on the county of his birth and upbringing. This time, he ponders class in God's Own County, from workers 'in overalls' to the 'county set'. Show more
Verity Sharp shatters the musical moulds with tracks from Ireland, Israel and Germany. Show more
A performance by the Ebene Quartet of Mozart, Bartok and Schubert presented by John Shea. Show more