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: Schnittke's Faust Cantata, Chaplin's Awakening, Lemn Sissay
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Henry Purcell. Today, pieces he wrote to mark specific events, from King Charles' escape from shipwreck to the passing of Queen Mary. Show more
Sarah Walker presents more highlights from the 2019 Schwetzingen Festival. The Artemis Quartet perform Brahms and pianist Martin Helmchen plays Franck. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Ibert, Ravel and Strauss from Seoul's KBS Symphony Orchestra
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The KBS Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi, perform Ibert, Richard Strauss and, with Pascal Roge, Ravel's sparkling Piano Concerto in G. Show more
Live from the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, with the Trinity Laban Chapel Choir. Show more
New Generation Artists: a Scarlatti sonata from pianist Elisabeth Brauss and the Haydn's Sunrise Quartet from the Aris Quartet in a performance given last month at the BBC Proms. Show more
Katie Derham introduces live performances from The Queen's Six and Mihai Ritivoiu and talk with conductor Peter Bernstein. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated mixtape including Frank Bridge's poem for orchestra The Story of My Heart plus music by Corelli, Liszt and Jocelyn Pook. Show more
Recorded at the Edinburgh International Festival, James MacMillan premiers his 5th Symphony 'Le grand inconnu' with collaborators the SCO, Harry Christophers & The Sixteen. Show more
Free Thinking
Landmark: Susan Sontag's Against Interpretation.
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lauren Elkin, Lisa Appignanesi and biographer Ben Moser debate Susan Sontag's life and ideas with presenter Laurence Scott, focusing on her 1966 collection Against Interpretation. Show more
British Zambian poet Kayo Chingoni chooses the blood, and reveals a tragic personal story of HIV AIDS. Show more
Fiona Talkington selects songs and sounds that cross continents, genres, and languages. Featured artists include Mohamed Hassan, Ana Roxanne, and Cihan Türkoğlu. Show more
John Foulds's Three Mantras and Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphony in a concert from the 2015 BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena. With John Shea. Show more
