Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Eric Coates up high, Claire Skinner
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 Malcolm Arnold's personal demons, including alcoholism and subsequent breakdowns. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Chamber Music Concerts from the Netherlands - Haydn and Ravel
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker ends a week of chamber music from the Netherlands with the Gryphon Trio playing Haydn's Piano Trio in G minor and the Alma Quartet performing Ravel's String Quartet. Show more
Afternoon Concert
BBC Singers in London and BBC Symphony Orchestra in China
2 hours, 31 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Choral music by Emily Howard and Ralph Vaughan Williams recorded at St Giles Cripplegate plus the BBCSO on tour in China earlier in 2019 with Catherine Wyn-Rogers and Andrew Davis. Show more
Where do you start? How do you carry on? What do you need or not need to know? Tom Service composes some answers. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Joseph Moog, and vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki. Show more
Today's Mixtape includes a sonata for flute and orchestra, a song for tenor and horns, and a frantic grand finale with all the bells and whistles by Jacques Ibert. Show more
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London: Jazz Voice - EFG London Jazz Festival Opening Gala, featuring celebrity soloists with Guy Barker and the London Jazz Festival Orchestra. Show more
Ian McMillan explores German poetry after the fall of the Berlin Wall – with two of Germany's most celebrated and groundbreaking poets, Durs Grünbein and Nora Gomringer. Show more
In the last of five personal takes on the Weimar Republic, Ute Lemper looks at the enduring appeal of Weimar music and song.
A special late-night edition of J to Z from the London Jazz Festival, with live performances from Gary Bartz, Madison McFerrin, Etuk Ubong and Rosie Turton. Show more
Al Ryan hosts a night of jazz gems to celebrate the 2019 London Jazz Festival, from classic artists to the coolest sounds, opening with a set by Brazilian legend Hermeto Pascoal. Show more
If you fancy giving jazz a go, start here. DJ and jazz fan Tina Edwards introduces comedian Stephen K Amos to her soundworld. Show more
Julian Joseph profiles pianist/composer Herbie Hancock in the company of fellow pianist Jason Rebello, including tracks and interviews from the archive. Show more
Exotic sounds from hip British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed in collaboration with the young players of the NYOS Jazz Orchestra mixing Arabic sounds and jazz. Show more
Julian Joseph celebrates the music of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins in the company of fellow saxophonist Tony Kofi, including interviews and essential cuts from the sax master. Show more
Music from award-winning jazz guitarist Rob Luft, who is the latest jazz instrumentalist to join Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme. Show more