Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Frank Skinner, Vaughan Williams' Running Set, Ades' Powder her Face
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music presented Ian Skelly. Our guest this week is broadcaster, writer and comedian Frank Skinner. Show more
Donald Macleod tells the story of the loss – and eventual rediscovery in 1999 – of much of CPE Bach’s music, following a fascinating journey. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Percussion explorations with the Colin Currie Quartet
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, the Colin Currie Quartet explore the world of contemporary percussion in works by Stockhausen, Steve Reich, Joseph Pereira and Kevin Volans. Show more
The BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert, recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London last month, featuring pieces associated with the colour orange. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live performance by the King's Singers. The Atéa Quintet pay us a visit and we also speak to composer Toby Young. Show more
Our Classical Century continues with Birtwistle's Panic, written for the Proms in 1995, a work taking its inspiration from the Classical god Pan. Show more
Barbara Hannigan is both conductor and soprano soloist for tonight's concert with the Ludwig Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival for a programme ranging from Haydn to Gershwin. Show more
Tom talks to Daniel Kidane on his Russian and Eritrean roots, as he prepares his commission for the Last Night of the Proms, and to Erika Fox, a refugee from Nazi Austria. Show more
The writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting begins a week-long exploration of why attention has become a major social concern - and how our attention is harnessed to make money. Show more
Soweto Kinch presents Michael Formanek in concert at Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Show more
Shanghai Opera House Chorus and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra perform Verdi's Requiem at the Xinghai Concert Hall in China. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more