Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including music chosen by 'Take Five' artist Mark Simpson. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Mark Simpson, The Ventilator, Rachmaninov’s Bogoróditse Djévo
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein, with more from today's resident young 'Take Five' guest, Mark Simpson. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the productive years surrounding Lili Boulanger's pioneering victory at the Prix de Rome. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichordist Jean Rondeau plays sonatas by Scarlatti and works by JS Bach, including Brahms's transcription of the chaconne from Partita No 2. Show more
Part of Radio 3's celebration of youth and music. Elizabeth Alker introduces the European Union Youth Orchestra in concert performing works by Zubel, Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by the clarinettist Mark Simpson, opera director Adele Thomas and the Bloomsbury String Quartet. Show more
A mixtape created by today's 'Take Five' young performer, the sensational Mark Simpson.
Radio 3 in Concert
Schumann's Cello Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 5
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Our first 'Take Five' young performers concert this week comes from the Royal Northern College of Music with Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor and Mahler's Symphony No 5. Show more
Kate explores the life and legacy of Alma Mahler with biographer Cate Haste Show more
Dodo by Greer Ellison. An elderly woman finds herself trapped in a small aircraft heading for disaster. First of five monologues by young writers responding to and incorporating a piece of music. Show more
Soweto Kinch presents Bonsai in concert at Pizza Express, Soho. Show more
William Christie conducts the Orchesta of the Age of Enlightenment in Israel in Egypt, one of Handel's most dramatic oratorios. Show more