Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Monday with Suzy Klein - Lily Cole, Gershwin's Promenade, the Atlantic cable
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein, with guest, the actress and model Lily Cole. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Tippett's life via his intense personal relationships. Today, TS Eliot, whose influence at the time of writing A Child of Our Time had a lifelong impact. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, the young German trumpeter and Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Simon Hofele, plays six pieces of 20th-century repertoire with pianist Frank Dupree. Show more
Music by Rachmaninov, Bach, Arriaga, Dove and LeFanu plus Holst's Planets Suite in live performances by the BBC Philharmonic, presented by Tom Redmond Show more
In Tune
Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Les Arts Florissants, Benjamin Appl
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Live music comes from Les Arts Florrisants directed by William Christie, plus baritone Benjamin Appl. Show more
Music to dance to and lose yourself in. From toe-tapping Dvorak and Gershwin to the haunting sounds of Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango and a melancholic Danish village dance. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Stephen Hough plays Saint-Saens's Egyptian Concerto
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder perform Berlioz and Vaughan Williams at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. They are joined by Stephen Hough for Saint-Saens's Piano Concerto No 5 Show more
From new pieces inspired by the icy poles, reflecting on music and the environment, to the fiery emotion of Ermonela Jaho. And how will Brexit affect music across the Irish border? Show more
Frustratingly banal plots and often incomprehensible lyrics meant that for much of his listening life, Julian Barnes had 'a serious problem with opera'. Then all that changed. Show more
Cecile McLorin Salvant in concert with the Aaron Diehl Trio. Show more
Two 20th-century masterworks for string orchestra performed by the Suisse Romande Orchestra and conductor Julien Leroy. Presented by John Shea. Show more