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 - Al Murray, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Kenneth the Fishy Angel
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein. With guest this week, Al Murray. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Hector Berlioz. Today, the opera whose 'verve, impetus and brilliance' Berlioz feared he would never again equal: Benvenuto Cellini. Show more
Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses joins pianist Cristian Budu to perform music by Brahms, JS Bach and Jose Guerra Vicente. Show more
Recorded at Warsaw's Chopin and his Europe festival in 2018, Vivaldi's delightful serenata 'Gloria e Imeneo', interspersed here with some of his lesser-known violin concertos. Show more
Live from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. Show more
Aleksey Semenenko plays Grieg's Violin Sonata No 3 and Misha Mullov-Abbado reworks Antonio Carlos Jobim's Chega de Saudade (No More Blues). Show more
Tenor Simon Bode and pianist Igor Levit perform in the studio. Soprano Laura Wilde speaks to Sean about her Scottish Opera debut, and pianist Alexander Ullman performs live. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist. In today's eclectic mix: vibraphone and brushes, bass flute and bandora, the shakuhachi... and some mellow nostalgia. Show more
Berlioz's dramatic telling of the legend of Faust, who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge and power. Show more
George Shaw, Dreda Say Mitchell, Katie Beswick, Kader Attia and Matthew Sweet explore estate life from Andrea Dunbar's plays to Shaw's images made with paint used on airfix kits. Show more
Author and broadcaster David Hepworth discusses pop music's struggles with authenticity, looking at the importance of volume and the difference between signal and noise. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents extended highlights of CURL’s set featuring Mica Levi, Coby Sey and Brother May plus special guests. Show more
Puccini, Mozart and Chausson from the GAIA Music Festival in Switzerland. Presented by John Shea. Show more
