Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Britten's Peter Grimes, Steven Isserlis, Bruckner's Locus Iste
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Ian Skelly's guest is cellist Steven Isserlis. Show more
Donald Macleod accompanies JS Bach on his travels from place to place throughout his life, today arriving at the city of Weimar. Show more
The glories of Richard Strauss's songs, in a series recorded in 2019, curated by pianist Joseph Middleton at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with baritone James Newby. Show more
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under Krzysztof Urbanski play Kilar's Orawa, Bartok's Violin Concerto No 1, Dvorak's Symphony No 7, Holst's The Planets and Williams's Star Wars. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Today's guests are the Albion Quartet, pianist Andrew Tyson and saxophonist Amy Dickson. Show more
Exquisite chamber music from Rebecca Clarke, joyous bursts from Poulenc and Arnold, and a heavenly slice of Renaissance Polyphony, sprinkled with Stardust from Wynton Marsalis. Show more
The Scottish Ensemble joins pianist Gabriela Montero for a compelling programme including Shostakovich, Messiaen, a new work by Montero herself and her trademark improvisations. Show more
Italian American performer Patti LuPone talks to Philip Dodd about why she doesn’t see herself as an American, unsuccessful auditions, backbiting, corporate entertainment, #Me Too Show more
Joanna Robertson aims for a tidy home and its reward, a tidy mind. Easier said than done, except on one occasion when she managed quite a coup. Show more
Is British culture getting weirder? Gazelle Twin gives her answer ahead of her performance at the Late Junction Festival. Music by James Yorkston and composer Evelyn Saylor. Show more
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop perform Mahler's Symphony No 7. Introduced by Jonathan Swain. Show more