Petroc Trelawny 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: The Lorax and the Loggers, Sally Phillips, Mozart's Letter Duet
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. With guest, actress and comedian Sally Phillips. Show more
Donald Macleod takes a look at Shostakovich's relationship with his first wife, Nina, and we learn how he coped when she was gone. Show more
Ben Appl, Julius Drake and the Arod Quartet depict the romantic, folk-infused world of Johannes Brahms in song and in his writing for string quartet. Show more
Hannah French introduces Ravel's La Valse and Daphnis and Chloe, Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 in performances recorded in Paris. Show more
What does the underground sound like? Tom discovers a noisy vibrant place beneath our feet, from plates grinding and volcanoes erupting to composers using the earth as inspiration. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news. Pianist Melvyn Tan joins us live in the studio to perform, as well as the Neave Piano Trio. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Live at the Barbican Hall, Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's richly-scored Symphony No 7 and the UK premiere of Chiasma by Austrian Thomas Larcher. Show more
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature. Ian McMillan's guests are Tracy K Smith, Terrance Hayes and Sarah Churchwell. Show more
Beginning at the deconsecrated church of Sant'Anna, Polly Coles goes in search of the many anonymous female artisans who for centuries serviced the Venetian textile industry. Show more
Kathryn Tickell with the band Ruut recorded at the Viljandi Folk Festival in Estonia, plus a Road Trip to Tanzania. Show more
A joyous nonstop sonic trip round the globe, including Congolese big band, Tuvan throat singing, Uruguayan superstar Jorge Drexler, and virtuoso playing from Syria. Show more
Music by Cassado, de Falla and Ginastera. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
