Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Villa-Lobos' As três Marias, Essential Entrances, The most difficult composer?
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 the distinguished circle of friends and colleagues of Samuel Wesley. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Bach Up Close at LSO St Luke's (1/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 11 months
Pianist Federico Colli plays Bach's Italian Concerto, the Fourth Partita, and Ferruccio Busoni's transcription of the Chaconne from Bach's Partita No 2 in D minor for solo violin. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in performance at home and away. Today they're in Aberdeen with Mendelssohn, Bruch and Rachmaninov, and Salzburg with Brahms and Elgar. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by pianist Melvyn Tan, conductor Iván Fischer, and vocal group Sestina. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla conducts the CBSO in a programme of Beethoven marking an anniversary for the composer and the start of the anniversary year for the orchestra itself. Show more
The German joker Tyll Ulenspiegel. Anne McElvoy with best-selling novelist Daniel Kehlmann plus Karen Leeder, who has been looking at changing versions of the Dresden bombing. Show more
A selection of past episodes from the series that brings a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay, produced by audio-makers from around the world. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
The winner of the 2018 Transylvanian International Piano Competition in Brasov, Romania, Nikita Volov, plays Bach, Berg, Haydn and Liszt. Catriona Young presents. Show more