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: Lemn Sissay, Parry at Sea
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, an excursion around six key Purcellian venues, from pint-sized York Buildings to gargantuan Westminster Abbey. Show more
Sarah Walker presents highlights from the 2019 Schwetzingen Festival, including music by Reinecke and Schumann, and pianist William Youn plays a chaconne by JS Bach. Show more
Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, The Maid of Pskov, telling of the brutal reign of Ivan the Terrible, in a performance recorded at the famous Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Show more
Katie Derham introduces live music from the World Orchestra for Peace and ZRI, and talks to conductor David Parry. Show more
Mozart's Countess bemoans her faithless husband, the Rustavi Choir pay homage to a metaphorical vineyard and Yusef Lateef invokes the creeping twilight before dawn. Show more
Berlioz, Rachmaninov and a world premiere by Dani Howard live from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Show more
Alexei Sayle and Adam Mars Jones join Matthew Sweet to revisit '80s film, tv and music from Stephen King's It and Rambo to Stranger Things and My Beautiful Launderette. Show more
Author Patrick McGuinness explores the grottiness of the labyrinthine ear. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents a mixtape compiled by composer, flautist and educator Nicole Mitchell. Plus, performances recorded at this year’s PUNKT festival in Norway. Show more
The Berlin Staatskapelle is joined by violinist Lisa Batiashvili in Sibelius's Violin Concerto, followed by Elgar's First Symphony. With John Shea. Show more
