Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem.
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Essential Classics
Friday with Ian Skelly - Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux, Alpesh Chauhan, Copland's El Salon Mexico
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus guest, the conductor Alpesh Chauhan. Show more
Donald Macleod turns his attention to the high regard Haydn enjoyed from his friends, colleagues and audiences. Also, the extraordinary story of how Haydn lost his head. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Sounds of France
Music for string quartet by Debussy, Poulenc and Laurent Durupt
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Sounds of France: in this week's final concert, Quatuor Van Kuijk play Debussy's String Quartet, an arrangement of three songs by Poulenc and Laurent Durupt's Grids for Greed. Show more
Afternoon Concert
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Smetana, Dvorak and Beethoven
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Jiri Rozen conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Smetana's Triumphal Symphony and Dvorak's Serenade for Strings. Aleksey Semenenko joins for Beethoven's Violin Concerto Show more
Music where the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many - but also where the many can become one... Show more
In Tune
Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Daniele Caminiti, Mirko Arnone
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news, with live music from Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini, we hear too from Daniele Caminiti and Mirko Arnone. Show more
A spirit of mischief has taken over the In Tune MixTape. Puck is up to his tricks! Show more
Viktoria Mullova performs Sibelius's great violin concerto with the Halle Orchestra. Show more
The Verb explores the emotional roller-coaster of being a writer, with Aidan Moffat, RM Hubbert, Raymond Antrobus, Denise Mina and Tara Bergin Show more
Dafydd Mills Daniel from the University of Oxford looks at links between the United Nations, Richard III, Disney's Jiminy Cricket and arguments about religious conscience. Show more
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman in session with Kathryn Tickell, a Road Trip to Latvia, plus we mark Record Store Day with a rare gem from Nairobi's Kenyatta Market. Show more
Global beats and roots music from every corner of the world, including Ali Hassan Kuban, Baba Zula and KOKOKO! Show more
Arcadia Quartet perform Haydn, Shostakovich and Beethoven. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
