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: Pekka Kuusisto, Geminiani's Test, Janáček's Youth
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Plus inspirations from violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Elgar's travels abroad, and we hear music inspired by visits to Paris, the Bavarian Highlands and Italy. We also learn about his mysterious Amazon cruise. Show more
Pavel Haas Quartet play Shostakovich and Dvorak. Show more
Another chance to hear Prom 13: the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, with Nicolas Hodges (piano) and Martin Owen (horn), in Messiaen's Des canyons aux étoiles. Show more
In Tune
Steven Devine; Wind Dectet from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Andreas Ottensamer
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live performance in the studio from Steven Devine, and the Wind Dectet from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Show more
The In Tune Mixtape rolls up its trouser legs, dons a knotted handkerchief and has a paddle. Come on in, the water's fine. But watch out for crabs, oh, and Soviet propaganda.
Live at the BBC Proms. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's song cycle Das Lied von der Erde and, with Leif Ove Andsnes, Britten's Piano Concerto. Show more
Lindsay Johns argues that South African novelist Alex La Guma is an overlooked literary colossus who should be restored to his rightful place at the heart of the literary canon. Show more
Radio 3 presenter John Toal celebrates a composer whose music is particularly special to him: Frenchman Maurice Ravel. Show more
Verity Sharp presents a Late Junction mixtape from sculptor, performance artist and jewellery-maker Andrew Logan. Show more
Chamber music by Wagner, Richard Strauss and Schoenberg recorded at the 2018 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. With Jonathan Swain. Show more