Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker with a broad range of music, including works by Pachelbel, Albinoni and Beethoven's String Quartet No 4 in C minor. Her Sunday Escape features Respighi. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan, with choices of music including Arvo Part, Miles Davis and Jane Birkin. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces two late, great, Beethoven sonatas performed by Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger. Show more
Sophie Yates visits Westwood Manor in Wiltshire to look at a recently restored 1538 ottavino virginals and discusses the history of the instrument, which once had cult status. Show more
An archive recording from Ripon Cathedral (first broadcast 6 May 2007). Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of irresistible music for voices featuring dancing Gypsies, a vocal Mozart symphony and a lily in your hand. Show more
The Listening Service
What's the point of practice?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Does practice make perfect? And what is perfect practice? Can anyone become a good musician by just putting in the hours? Tom Service finds out. Show more
Sally Phillips and Bertie Carvel with readings depicting gardens - public, secret, magical and paradise - and music by Mozart, Gubaidulina and Tchaikovsky. Show more
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is 300 years old and its themes and images run deep in our culture. What future for this novel of slavery and imperialism? Emma Smith investigates. Show more
The fragmented life of the surrealist, poet, songwriter and eccentric Ivor Cutler. His admirers included the Beatles, John Peel and Bertrand Russell. With Sandy Grierson as Ivor. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Bernard Haitink conducts Bruckner's Symphony No 6
1 hour, 9 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 6 in A. With Fiona Talkington. Show more
The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble performs music from the C18th Swedish Royal Court, including works by Roman, Dall'Oglio, Szarzynski, Agrell and Muthel. Show more
Elizabeth Alker looks back at some of the highlights of the 2018 Piano Day. Show more
Teeth-brushing tango and restorative Rachmaninov - Bryony finds solace in Clemmie's classical playlist. Show more
A concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Estonia. John Shea presents. Show more
