Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Davis’s Pride and Prejudice, Clare Balding, Nigel Kennedy’s Four Seasons
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music presented by Ian Skelly. Ian's guest this week is broadcaster and writer Clare Balding. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Fryderyk Chopin, often referred to as 'the poet of the piano'. Today, we catch fleeting glimpses of the composer through his letters. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
LSO St Luke's - Alice Sara Ott and Friends
Alice Sara Ott with Ray Chen and Pablo Ferrández
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Virtuoso pianist Alice Sara Ott begins her series at LSO St Luke's by playing Beethoven's 'Ghost' Trio and Shostakovich's Piano Trio No 2 with Ray Chen and Pablo Ferrández. Show more
Choral music by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky from the BBC singers plus Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Sibelius’s thrilling Lemminkainen Suite from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by percussionist Colin Currie, pianist Victor Maslov and the flute, viola and harp of the Pelleas Ensemble. Show more
In Tune's specially curated mixtape with jigs by Holst and Corelli, a scherzo by Bartok, a berceuse by Dvorak and a waltz by Rodgers. Also music by John Tavener and Rachel Stott. Show more
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Karina Canellakis at the 2019 Aldeburgh Festival. Works by Wagner, Thomas Larcher, Stravinsky and Britten's song cycle Our Hunting Fathers. Show more
Matthew Sweet talks to Turkish novelist and campaigner Elif Shafak and animal expert Jane Goodall, who is giving a talk at the British Academy on her work with chimpanzees. Show more
Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or activity closely. As a 'flaneuse', Lauren Elkin has always examined the way people walk and what their gait tells us. Show more
... travelling under the cloak of darkness, destination unknown. Nick Luscombe presents obscure tape music from Japan and a survival strategy for the new world. Show more
Chamber music by Messiaen, Schumann and Bach from South Carolina's annual festival of arts, the Spoleto Festival USA. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
