Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly - Maria Callas, Lotti's Crucifixion, Kelsey Grammer
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus guest, Kelsey Grammer. Show more
Berg dies from an infected insect sting. His wife Helene sets up a shrine to his memory and forbids the completion of his opera Lulu. Show more
The Calidore String Quartet play Caroline Shaw and Chausson's Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet with pianist Zee Zee and violinist Jennifer Pike at St Marys' Tetbury. Show more
Repertoire for Good Friday by Victoria, Jonathan Weeks, Schutz, Leighton and Drayton with the BBC Singers. Also Our Classical Century: Britten's War Requiem - Agnus Dei. Show more
Tom Service unpicks the musical threads which bind public and private grief, from royal funerals and the hidden grieving behind abstract works to the UK's funeral Top Ten. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents live music from violinist Fenella Humphreys with pianist Nicola Eimer, and pianist Jayson Gillham. Plus director and bassoonist Peter Whelan chats to Sean. Show more
In Tune's specially curated mix of eclectic music, featuring music from Poulenc's Penitential Motets, alongside well-known favourites and other rare gems. Show more
Stephen Cleobury conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus and soloists in Verdi's dramatic Requiem, live from Cambridge. Show more
On the joys and challenges of writing romantic dialogue, with Kate Fox, Jenny Colgan Matthew Ingram, Jarlath Killeen and Kiru Taye. Show more
Novelist Chibundu Onuzo grew up in Lagos. Her chosen painting at the National Gallery appealed to her because of its subject matter - because Thomas is a kindred spirit to her. Show more
Lopa Kothari introduces a studio session from Cameroonian singer-songwriter Blick Bassy, plus a Road Trip from Betto Arcos in Cartegena, Colombia. Show more
Music from Kinshasa, Honduras, Macedonia and beyond. Show more
Reinhard Keiser's Der blutige und sterbende Jesus (Passion Oratorio). Presented by John Shea. Show more
