Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Breakfast Beethoven and listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Handel in Chester, Sibelius's Karelia Suite, Seth Lakeman
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Marin Alsop and Simon Schama join Donald Macleod to discuss Beethoven and the notion of struggle. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Great Music in Irish Houses Festival 2019 (1/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Performances from the 2019 Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, with music by Martinu, Lekeu and Dvorak. Show more
John Wilson conducts The BBC Philharmonic, live from MediaCity, in Vaughan Williams. Plus, the BBC Singers in a concert on the Cutty Sark featuring pieces by Elgar and Byrd. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live performance in the studio by Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, Benjamin Appl and Masato Suzuki. Show more
In Tune’s bespoke mixtape: the music is sunny from Piazzola, Haydn & Dvorak and reflective from Gorlov & Purcell. Vocal fireworks explode from Handel and choral serenity from Elgar Show more
As part of their prizes, the 2018 Leeds Piano Competition winners were offered recitals at London's Wigmore Hall. Tonight, Mario Häring plays Debussy and Xinyuan Wang plays Bartok. Show more
Free Thinking
Why we read and the idea of the 'woman writer'
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Do men and women use the same language when talking about books they have read? With Helen Taylor, Lennie Goodings, Emma Butcher and Joanne Paul. Show more
When Soweto Kinch has an airhead moment, he needs Ellington’s sonic reminder. 'If joy isn’t at the core of the music or your life, it’s easy to get lost in a sea of negativity.' Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
From Paris, the French National Orchestra performs Berlioz's oratorio telling the story of the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family's journey across Egypt. John Shea presents. Show more