Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Kate Molleson: Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, Holst visits Hardy, Deborah Meaden
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Kate Molleson. Show more
Donald Macleod follows Prokofiev as he tries to establish himself in America – with mixed results. Show more
Dynamic Ukrainian pianist Dinara Klinton pairs Scarlatti and Prokofiev in recital at St Magnus Cathedral, in the heart of Kirkwall. Show more
Bernard Haitink conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No 9 in a concert recorded in February 2019. Show more
An archive recording of Choral Vespers from Westminster Cathedral (first broadcast 9 October 2013). Show more
BBC New Generation Artist Anastasia Kobekina plays Shostakovich's Cello Sonata, with pianist Jean-Selim Abdelmoula. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live music from the pianist Anne Queffélec, and soprano Sarah Tynan. Katie also speaks to Marcus du Sautoy. Show more
Half an hour of uninterrupted music including an exquisite lament, stunning organ music, Oscar Peterson on piano, and choral and orchestral music with a rural twist. Show more
50 years since the start of the Northern Ireland Troubles, John Toal introduces Yearning for the Light: an evening of music and readings on the theme of conflict and its aftermath. Show more
Laurence Scott looks at the way Dutch writers are addressing history and contemporary life with Rodaan Al Galidi, Eva Meijer, Onno Blom, Herman Koch and Toon Tellegen.. Show more
Lucy Powell tells the story of a radical community of women set up in 1760s rural England by the writer Sarah Scott. Recorded with an audience at the York Festival of Ideas. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on an immersive sonic journey tailored for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. Show more
From the Barcelona Palau de la Musica 2019 ECHO Rising Stars Josep-Ramon Olive (baritone) and Ian Tindale (piano) perform Korngold, Mahler and Strauss. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more