Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Thursday with Suzy Klein - Lily Cole, mood music, Mozart's Gran Partita
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, four people he loved - Wilf Franks, John Minchinton, Karl Hawker and Meirion Bowen. Show more
Raphaela Papadakis, Karim Sulayman, Tom Poster and the Navarra Quartet perform Chausson's Chanson perpetuelle, Faure's La bonne chanson and Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor. Show more
This week's Opera Matinee: Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with the Swedish Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Evan Rogister. Show more
Katie Derham presents, with live music from violinist Daniel Pioro and pianist Adam Heron. Katie talks to conductor Thomas Sondergard, and pianist Piers Lane also plays live. Show more
Whether a keyboard concerto or fantasia by the doyen that is Bach, to the musings of pianist Belle Chen, tonight's mixtape also features Prokofiev's epic cantata Alexander Nevsky. Show more
Choral music written in honour of Christian saints performed by Renaissance polyphony experts The Cardinall's Musick, conducted by Andrew Carwood. Show more
Rana Mitter hears about Doggerland, turning simple ideas into cosmic art, women and the sea, and the ship that carried tea leaves around the world Show more
Rachel Cooke examines the trappings that surround opera-going, and what makes it worthwhile. Going to the opera can, for some, be something of a performance. Show more
Max Reinhardt surfs the cutting edge of adventurous music, old and new. Including freeform punk from 1980s Portland and jazz cornettist Ben LaMar Gay’s debut release. Show more
Archive performances from Swedish Radio of symphonies by Haydn and Schumann. Presented by John Shea. Show more