Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Nicole Farhi, Schubert's To be sung on the water, Barber's Adagio
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein, with guest, the fashion designer and sculptor Nicole Farhi Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still remarries and is embraced by the American musical establishment. Show more
The pianist and song specialist Malcolm Martineau is joined by soprano Kate Royal at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to perform songs by Schumann and Debussy Show more
Tom McKinney presents the BBC Philharmonic live in a concert from MediaCityUK in Salford, featuring works by Emily Howard, Edward Cowie and Richard Rodney Bennett Show more
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Katharina Konradi sings Berlioz's The Death of Ophelia and Mariam Batsashvili plays Mozart's sublime Rondo in A minor. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Today's guests include contralto Sonia Prina, composer Will Todd and violinist Ning Feng. Show more
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Radio 3 in Concert
Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band Festival 2019
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The Tredegar Town Band and Cory Band celebrate James MacMillan's 60th-birthday year and the centenary of renowned brass band composer Wilfred Heaton. Show more
Free Thinking
Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Diderot: Encyclopedie creator, satirist, radical. Biographer Andrew S Curran discusses Diderot's writings on nature, occultism, monarchy and art with Shahidha Bari. Show more
Writer and broadcaster AL Kennedy continues her exploration of voice. Today, she looks at the voice on the page - and the importance of storytelling. Show more
Late Junction
Congolese electronics, 60s oud jazz-folk, and ambient drift music.
1 hour, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Nick Luscombe presents an array of contemporary Congolese electronics, new ambient drift music, plus late 60s oud jazz-folk from Ahmad Abdul-Malik. Show more
Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor and Beethoven's Symphony No 7 in A performed by the Romanian National Radio Orchestra. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more