Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Roddy Doyle, Verdi's La Forza del Destino, Henryson meets Aesop
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, with guest, the novelist Roddy Doyle. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Igor Stravinsky, today focusing on the composer's first years in the United States. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast International Arts Festival
Brahms, Bartok, Jorg Widmann, Vagn Holmboe
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
A performance by the Danish Clarinet Trio with French violinist Nicolas Dautricourt, including works by Brahms and Bartok, from the 2018 Belfast International Arts Festival. Show more
The Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Helsinki Chamber Choir, conducted by Aapo Hakkinen, perform Leopold Kozeluch's Gustav Vasa. Show more
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Live music today comes from the ensemble Improviso, and we welcome the pianist Chily Gonzales into the studio too. Show more
A specially curated In Tune Mixtape with well known favourites and other rare gems, featuring music by Revueltas, Còig and Arvo Pärt.
Tenor David Webb joins Ben Gernon and the BBC SSO to sing Vaughan Williams's song cycle On Wenlock Edge, and the orchestra performs Stravinsky's 1910 ballet The Firebird. Show more
Free Thinking
Sergio Leone, Kubrick, Magic and the Mind.
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet talks Spaghetti Westerns with Christopher Frayling. Plus magic, mind games and the role of the magician's assistant discussed by Naomi Paxton and Gustav Kuhn. Show more
Writer Ken Hollings roams across the imposing mountains of Austria in the company of Nietzsche’s 'Beyond Good and Evil'. Show more
Verity Sharp talks about apala, jazz, Malian pop and Romantic music with Teju Cole, the acclaimed photographer, author, art historian and critic. Show more
Tan Dun conducts the the Oslo Philharmonic with soloist Eldbjorg Hemsing in three violin concertos. Catriona Young presents. Show more