Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, and Steve Rosenberg, BBC Moscow correspondent, introduces music for a Russian spring. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Handel arias, The Lancashire Caruso, Brahms's Academic Festival Overture
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod looks at Florence Price's early years and explores the impact racial prejudice had on her life and career. Show more
Fiona Talkington presents French violist Lise Berthaud and pianist compatriot David Saudubray playing viola sonatas by Schubert and Brahms at Wigmore Hall in London. Show more
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joana Carneiro, with music by Beethoven and John Adams, followed by a choral recital with the BBC Singers and works by Grieg and Sawer. Show more
Czech period instrument group, Ensemble 18+, perform the overture to Handel's Messiah, his Harp Concerto in B flat, with soloist Kateřina Englichová, and CPE Bach's Sinfonia in C. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by the Linos Piano Trio, soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn and comedy musical duo Igudesman & Joo. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Expand your horizons with classical music
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites mixed with jazz, folk and music from around the world, including works by Wagner, Reich and Bach. Show more
Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in vibrant, mesmerising music by a Swedish maverick, with concerto soloists Carolin Widmann (violin) and Martin Fröst (clarinet). Show more
Presented by Kate Molleson, with items about Beethoven's Fidelio at Covent Garden, mood music playlists, and a profile interview with young conductor Marta Gardolinska. Show more
Charlotte Turner Smith wrote ten novels, three poetry collections, four children's books and reshaped sonnet writing. By her death in 1803, she was in debt and out of favour. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. With John Shea. Show more
