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: The World's Worst Orchestra
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Pianist Llyr Williams evokes the fairytale world of Nordic folklore with a selection from Grieg's Lyric Pieces plus some of Liszt virtuosic arrangements of Wagner's greatest hits. Show more
Meredith Monk talks to Donald Macleod about the challenges of allowing her music to be written down and published. Show more
Another chance to hear Prom 20: Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in Sibelius's Symphony No 5 in E flat and, with Pekka Kuusisto, the composer's Violin Concerto in D minor. Show more
The Listening Service selects Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' to look at codes, ciphers and hidden messages in music. With Professor Marcus du Sautoy. Show more
Sean Rafferty with live music and conversation, including performances by flautist Eimear McGeown and cellist Alice Neary. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: a musical tour around Europe, including music from Italy, Germany, Austria, Russia, Denmark and France. Show more
Live BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall. The Warner Brothers Story with the John Wilson Orchestra and the Maida Vale Singers and soloists, conducted by John Wilson. Show more
Robert Crawford's poetic meditation on the life of physicist Ronald Drever and his role in the detection of Gravitational Waves. Show more
Lopa Kothari introduces a session from Zimbabwean singer and mbira player Stella Chiweshe, plus a Road Trip from Lisbon. Show more
Global beats and roots music from every corner of the world, including tracks from Ricardo Ribeiro, Arash Moradi and Selma Uamusse. Show more
Kristian Bezuidenhout performs Mozart and Beethoven piano sonatas on the fortepiano. Presented by John Shea. Show more