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 - Franck's Violin Sonata, Boulez's Le Marteau sans maitre, Martha Lane Fox
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus guest Martha Lane Fox. Show more
Donald Macleod looks at a turning point in Poulenc’s life, inspired by a visit to the shrine at Rocamadour, which led him back to the faith of his youth - Catholicism. Show more
From the Verbier Festival. Daniil Trifonov plays Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme by Chopin and Alexandra Conunova and pianist Denis Kozhukhin play Brahms's Violin Sonata No 1. Show more
Stefano Romani conducts a cast led by Genadij Vascenko in the title role and Rebeka Lokar as Abigaille. Recorded at the Maribor Slovene National Theatre in October 2018. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Live music comes from pianist Steven Osborne and the Tesla Quartet. Show more
Pared-back Schubert in tonight's MixTape. How does he do so much with so little? Show more
Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO are joined by Kelley O'Connor and Paul Groves to perform Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde alongside works by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Show more
Free Thinking
'Calm Down Dear' - How Angry Should Politics Get.
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Shahidha Bari debates the role of anger in politics and campaigning - from suffragism and black activism to Brexit with Dr Fern Riddell, Kehinde Andrews, Jo Ann Nadler, Will Davies Show more
Gulzaar Barn from King's College London asks questions about commercial surrogacy and the way we view our bodies in an Essay from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead. Show more
Verity Sharp presents a tumbling, hallucinatory mixtape from electronic duo Matmos, inspired by the impact of plastic on our world. Show more
The evocative sounds of Durham Cathedral recorded in a single day. Huge spaces in a remarkable 12th-century building, the 300-year-old bells and quiet moments in smaller spaces. Show more
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Penderecki's Concerto grosso for three cellos and Beethoven's Symphony No 4. With Jonathan Swain. Show more
