Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring our musical Advent Calendar and an American Portrait. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Elgar in Bedham Copse, Gift of Music
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 Janáček's affectionate relationship with his daughter Olga and the musical fruits of a shared love of Russian, including Taras Bulba and Pohádka. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast International Arts Festival 2019 - Liszt and Dvořák
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
The Albion Quartet and British pianist Charles Owen perform Liszt and Dvořák at the Belfast International Arts Festival 2019. Presented by John Toal. Show more
Rumon Gamba conducts music by Michael Tippett, Malcolm Arnold and Ruth Gipps - a celebration of British musical creativity in the decades after World War II. Show more
An archive recording from Lichfield Cathedral (first broadcast 3 December 2008). Show more
Tenor Alessandro Fisher sings Reynaldo Hahn's ode to the Venetian way of life and cellist Anastasia Kobekina plays Tchaikovsky. Show more
In Tune
Erika Mädi Jones and Panaretos Kyriatzidis, Williams Dalrymple, Melrose Quartet
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live performances in the studio from Melrose Quartet, and Erika Mädi Jones and Panaretos Kyriatzidis. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including Beethoven, Brahms and MacMillan. Show more
Kirill Karabits conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra live in music by Shchedrin, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart’s turbulent piano concerto in C minor with pianist Gabriela Montero. Show more
Free Thinking
Feasting, fasting, hospitality and food security
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Author Priya Basil and Victoria Avery from the Fitzwilliam Museum look at food, fasting and hospitality. Maia Elliott talks food security. Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough hosts. Show more
Heavyweight sculptor of steel, Richard Serra, chooses Jackson Pollock’s One: Number 31, 1950. But why this work, and how does he see it? Show more
An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
The Casals Quartet plays Beethoven's String Quartets Nos 4, 9 and 14. Presented by John Shea. Show more