Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Elgar's Third Symphony, Frank Skinner
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 relives the once-in-a-lifetime moment when the first Sing-Akademie manuscript was drawn from a crate in 1999, and the magnitude of the treasure trove was revealed. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Vilabertran Schubertiade 2018: Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schubert
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker introduces performances by Christoph Prégardien, Sarah Connolly and Igor Levit at the acclaimed festival in Catalonia. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the BBC Concert Orchestra: Double Acts
2 hours, 31 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Actor Adrian Scarborough presents a concert recorded in March at London's Royal Festival Hall on the subject of double acts featuring Maria Friedman and Adrian Der Gregorian. Show more
Tom Service considers drums - one of the most ancient and primitive instruments, yet capable of great sophistication in the context of the classical orchestra or a jazz band. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live music from the early music group Ensemble Hesperi, and we're joined by Shamisen player Honjoh Hidejiro. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Stephen Cleobury conducts the BBC Singers, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge and Britten Sinfonia in a concert to mark his retirement as the college's director of music. Show more
Philip Gross, Jacqueline Saphra and Heather Phillipson join Ian McMillan to discuss what kind of writing gets called 'vulgar'. Show more
In the final part of her series of essays, writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting considers whether the digital revolution has really led us into a crisis of attention. Show more
Kathryn Tickell introduces a specially recorded studio session from the Garifuna Collective of Belize, plus a round-up of the latest new releases. Show more
Global beats and roots music from every corner of the world. Show more
Radio France Philharmonic in concert with music by Poulenc, Debussy and Ravel. With Jonathan Swain. Show more
