Join Petroc Trelawny, live from Cardiff Bay Barrage, as he concludes his week-long journey along the River Severn. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Nicholas Crane, Strauss’s Aus Italien, Mudlarked Hindu Offerings
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. Her guest is geographer, explorer and writer Nicholas Crane. Part of Along the River, Radio 3's week-long celebration of rivers. Show more
Donald Macleod recounts the tragic events leading up to Schumann's voluntary admission to an asylum, from where he would never reappear. Show more
A week of Lunchtime Concerts from the Ludlow English Song Weekend, with artistic director Iain Burnside at the piano. Today's concert features music by Maconchy and Quilter. Show more
The Ulster Orchestra and conductor Rafael Payare in works by Dukas, Debussy, Ravel and Shostakovich. They are joined by cellist Alisa Weilerstein for music by Dutilleux. Show more
Tom Service explores how pieces of music end, asking what endings mean. Are they mere framing devices or do they suggest triumph or death? Plus fading-out in pop music. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news with live music from Lux Musicae London, and Trevor Pinnock joins us in the studio with members of the RAM. Show more
From Byrd and Vivaldi to Philip Glass and Thelonius Monk, a specially curated mix of non-stop night-time music to bring you Golden Slumbers. Show more
Legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja joins the BBC SSO and Thomas Dausgaard to perform Brahms's Piano Concerto No 1 in a programme including Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Show more
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature with Alan Hollinghurst, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Jude Rogers and MacGillivray, part of Radio 3's 'Rivers' season Show more
Poet and wild swimmer Elizabeth-Jane Burnett joins Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough for an inspirational dip in the chilly River Avon. Show more
Lopa Kothari introduces a studio session from British Indian composer and virtuoso sarod player, Soumik Datta, plus a Road Trip to Algeria. Show more
A unique mix of global beats and roots music, featuring tracks from international collective Monoswezi and King Sunny Ade aka the Minister of Enjoyment. Show more
Music for the piano by Schubert, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Lithander. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
