Petroc Trelawny 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 Suzy Klein: The Food of Love, Essential Tchaikovsky
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein. Show more
Donald Macleod considers Szymanowski's study of Polish culture in his efforts to define a national identity in his music, with works including his ballet Harnasie and Stabat Mater. Show more
Big Guitar Weekend festival director Allan Neave joins forces with renowned guitarist and fellow Scot Matthew McAllister plus string quartet for music by Weiss and Leo Brouwer Show more
Featuring live music by the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC's orchestra in the North of England.
Presented by Elizabeth Alker from the BBC Philharmonic Studio, Media City, Manchester. Show more
The Listening Service
Beethoven Unleashed: Getting to grips with Beethoven
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
What is it about Beethoven's music that has made it a concert hall staple for over 200 years? Tom Service goes in search of the essence of what makes Beethoven Beethoven. Show more
In Tune
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, José Serebrier, Anna Cavaliero and Sholto Kynoch
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor and composer José Serebrier, and Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, alongside soprano Anna Cavaliero with pianist Sholto Kynoch. Show more
Classical music with some familiar favourites and unknown gems. Show more
Live at the Barbican Hall, Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In Part 1 - Sebastian Fagerlund's new Water Atlas plus mezzo Karen Cargill in Alma Mahler songs. Show more
Join Ian McMillan and his guests to explore the power of puns and wordplay Show more
Ross Sutherland traces the extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan. Father of performance art and surrealism, Cravan's strange life is the ultimate art enigma. Show more
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents an improvised collaboration session between experimental Javanese duo Senyawa and explorative multi-instrumentalist Robert AA Lowe. Show more
Harpsichordist Richard Egarr joins the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as Early Music Specialist and Artistic Partner with a concert of music by Purcell, Avison and Handel. Show more