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: Te Deum from Puccini's Tosca, Tintagel
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
The Barcelona-based Cuarteto Casals perform three highly contrasting quartets by Haydn, Bartok and Beethoven's final and dramatic 'Rasumovsky' quartet, live from the Queen's Hall. Show more
American composer Meredith Monk finds her unique voice. Presented by Donald Macleod. Show more
Another chance to hear Prom 18: Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and, with Leif Ove Andsnes, Britten's Piano Concerto. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by the pianist Asagi Nakata, and violinist David Juritz with pianist David Gordon. There's also news of Grimeborn Opera 2019. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated mixtape featuring musical depictions of ancient gods and goddesses - Bacchus, Pan, Jupiter, Apollo, Venus and Mars. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms. Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius's Karelia Suite, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 and, with Sol Gabetta, Weinberg's Cello Concerto. Show more
Ian Sansom looks at the life and legacy of the leading poet of the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Mayakovsky. Show more
Radio 3 presenter Tom McKinney celebrates the birdsong-inspired music of the twentieth-century French composer Olivier Messiaen and its special place in his life.
Nick Luscombe plays work songs for idle ears and we hear a day in the life of Adam Bohman ahead of a new film about his work. Show more
Glinka, Haydn and Tchaikovsky performed by the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lio Kuokman. Presented by John Shea. Show more
