Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Tim McInnerny, Dove’s Airport Suite, Rattle at the CBSO
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein, plus guest Tim McInnerny. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the maestro of the Cancan and much more besides, Jacques Offenbach. Today, on the brink of defeat, he launches his own theatre company. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Nicolas Altstaedt plays Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G and No. 5 in C minor, and Henri Dutilleux's 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher. Show more
Tom McKinney introduces a week of concerts from the BBC Philharmonic. Today's performance includes works by Wagner, Sibelius, Brahms, Hojoki, Copland, Elgar and Schurmann. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news, with live performances by the Echea String Quartet and cellist Guy Johnston. We hear from conductor Mark Deller too. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Classical riches and 20th century tranquility abound in tonight's concert from the RLPO. The quiet depth of Duruflé's Requiem is paired with Mozart's Kyrie and Symphony No 39. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch reports on the decline of music A levels, talks to pianist Sulamita Aronovsky at 90, and the new book, Music and Faith in a Post-Secular Age. Show more
To be clean-shaven was gentlemanly, so a new market emerged for shaving soaps, pastes and powders. But these products gave mixed messages on the essence of the ideal man. Show more
Soweto Kinch with Dan Weiss' Starebaby in concert and interview with Abdullah Ibrahim. Show more
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Bruckner's Symphony No 2 and Schubert Symphony No 3. Catriona Young presents. Show more
