Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Joseph Antonio Emidy, Gershwin's Piano Concerto, Rachel Riley
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Gustav Mahler. Today, Mahler’s obsession with human mortality, which became all too real with the tragic death of his daughter Maria. Show more
Spotlight on the South West with highlights from the Budleigh and Cheltenham music festivals. Works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Germaine Tailleferre, Liszt and Granados. Show more
Afternoon Concert
BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 and, with Radio 3 New Generation Artist Thibaut Garcia, Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live performance by sisters Maria and Nathalia Milstein. We hear from mezzo Jennifer Johnston too. Show more
An eclectic mix of music inspired by creatures of myth and folklore, from goblins to sirens. Show more
BBC Philharmonic and John Wilson in Walton's searing First Symphony. They are joined by Alexander Gavrylyuk for Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. Show more
Free Thinking
Surveillance and Secrets from the Archives
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet discusses surveillance capitalism with Shoshana Zuboff, revisits The Third Man at the BFI archive, and retraces Stieg Larsson's investigation of real-life conspiracy. Show more
Prompted by a description of a traditional Tory Island wedding, poet Stephen Sexton talks about the margins between language and image. Show more
Nick Luscombe presents new electronic music and Japanese art unit Group A. Show more
The Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Osmo Vanska, performs Bernstein's Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront and, with Susie Park, Barber's Violin Concerto. Show more