Georgia Mann Breakfast with the Friday Poem and the next American Portrait, music reflecting Radio 3's series, The Way I See It. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Mr Thackray's History Class, Goodall's The Lord is my Shepherd, Adrian Scarborough
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly Show more
Donald Macleod, in conversation with Sir Antonio Pappano, traces the developmental line of Puccini's meticulously crafted dramatic heroines, concluding with Il trittico. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
2018 Hay Festival - Mendelssohn Plus performed by Ildiko Szabo and Roman Rabinovich
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker presents Mendelssohn Plus performed by cellist Ildiko Szabo and pianist Roman Rabinovich at the 2018 Hay Festival. Show more
The BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra with two concerts featuring music by Britten, Saint-Saens, Stravinsky, Elizabeth Maconchy, Raymond Yiu, Stephen Wilkinson and Hans Gal. Show more
The Listening Service
Turn up the Volume, Dial up the Drama
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
From loud to soft, even louder and even softer, dynamics are crucial to the dramatic effect of music. Tom Service adjusts the volume. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live performance from the duo Worbey and Farrell and the Camerata Tchaikovsky. We speak to Valentina Peleggi too. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Jac van Steen, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and cellist Laura van der Heijden relive the concert at which Britten met both Shostakovich and Rostropovich for the first time. Show more
Ian McMillan on the writing of deep time - with poets Kathleen Jamie and Denise Riley.
The Way I See It
John Waters on Lee Lozano's Untitled 1963
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Film director John Waters makes his selection from the MoMA collection. He chooses Lee Lozano's depiction of the head of a hammer, Untitled 1963. Show more
Verity Sharp hosts a remarkable, improvised collaboration between the renowned indigenous Brazilian musician-storyteller and the composer-singer-sound-artist from Essex. Show more
American composer John Adams visits Oslo to conduct his own works including Dr Atomic Symphony and Scheherazade.2. Presented by John Shea. Show more
