Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Ivan Hewett, Kirsten Gibson and Kate Kennedy
3 hours, 12 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Building a Library: Ivan Hewett on Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, and Kirsten Gibson and Kate Kennedy reflect on how recordings have documented changing performance styles. Show more
Kate Molleson presents a special live edition with a Music Matters Lab exploring the emotional responses of audiences plus pianist Steven Osborne on the emotional meaning of music. Show more
Inside Music
Free Thinking Festival - horn player Katy Woolley with music that works on our emotions
1 hour, 58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Katy Woolley opens up a selection of classical music that has an emotional impact on her - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Sound of Cinema
Free Thinking - Cinematic Love Themes
24 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet live from Sage Gateshead with a look at cinematic love themes as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival.
Alyn Shipton presents a live edition from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead. Show more
Jumoke Fashola presents live music for a special show from Gateshead at the BBC Free Thinking Festival. Plus, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings shares some of his musical inspirations. Show more
Opera North's acclaimed new production of Mozart's magical masterpiece performed at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. Show more
Children listen to classic film soundtracks and invent original stories. Each story features the enigmatic Jonny T: a man of many parts. Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Show more
Hear and Now
Open Ear - cutting-edge new music performed in the round
1 hour, 59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts an Open Ear concert from LSO St Luke's. LCO, Juliet Fraser and Mire Benjamin play new music by Cassandra Miller, Na’ama Zisser, and Amber Priestley. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a sequence of songs about time, as measured by the clock, the calendar and the heart. Reflections range from Billie Holiday to Miles Davis. Show more
Music from Sweden performed by Swedish Radio Chorus directed by Sofi Jeannin. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more