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 Suzy Klein - Andre Previn, Maxine Peake, Butterworth's Banks of Green Willow
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, Maxine Peake. Show more
Donald Macleod and his guest Ruth Smith look at the end of the relationship between Handel and his great collaborator Charles Jennens, and the legacy they left behind in Messiah. Show more
RVW150: From LSO St Luke's, the Nash Ensemble play Bruch's String Quintet in A minor and, with tenor Ben Johnson, Altes lied and Russisch, plus Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (4/4)
2 hours, 31 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Thomas Dausgaard in a Spanish-themed concert of well-loved works by Debussy, Falla and Ravel. Show more
The Listening Service
Why are classical audiences so quiet?
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom looks at how classical audiences are hooked on silence. We should, he says, relax in the concert hall, show our appreciation by clapping when we want to, and enjoy the music. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Angelique Kidjo performs live in the studio today, and we speak to Brindley Sherratt about Billy Budd! Show more
A specially curated, eclectic mix of music from In Tune, featuring the many sides of the trumpet - sprightly, soulful, triumphant and more. Plus a few surprises... Show more
Live from the Barbican Hall, Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's dark and passionate Symphony No 7. Nicola Benedetti joins for Elgar's Violin Concerto. Show more
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature with Linda Grant, Ira Lightman, Fiona Moore and Emma Smith. Show more
Alex Bulmer, writer and performer, compares modern travelling experiences with that of 19th-century fellow blind traveller, James Holman. Show more
Lopa Kothari with Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela in session, a Road Trip to Panama and our classic artist is the world's premier Chinese pipa player Wu Man. Show more
A selection of music from around the world with a theme of water flowing through it. From the deserts of Niger and waterdrops on the Vietnamese Zither to a Fela Kuti classic. Show more
The American composer John Adams came to Oslo to conduct his own works including Dr Atomic Symphony and Scheherazade 2. Presented by John Shea. Show more
