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, Frederic Cowen's Frankenstein, Janacek's 'Kreutzer Sonata' Quartet
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod traces Florence Price’s career as she continued to battle for recognition from within the musical establishment. Show more
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson focuses on the solo keyboard works of JS Bach, including partitas, sinfonias and his own arrangement of Widerstehe doch der Sünde. Show more
Ethel Smyth's Fête galante. Poetic version by Edward Shanks, after Maurice Baring’s story, with the Lontano Ensemble conducted by Odaline de la Martinez. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces live music from folk duo Megson and pianist Lara Melda, and talks to choreographer Richard Alston. Show more
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises. Show more
Lauren Zhang joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, and conductor Mark Wigglesworth leads music by Prokofiev and Alissa Firsova. Show more
Howard Jacobson, Bari Weiss, Hadley Freeman and Jonathan Freedland - guests at this year's Jewish Book Week - talk with Matthew Sweet. Show more
What is a writer's duty? Katie Cooper considers Storm Jameson's campaigning for refugees, her 1940 appeal To the Conscience of the World, and why her fiction fell out of favour. Show more
An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. Hosted by Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Hannah Peel.
Elizabeth Alker with music by Aisha Devi, Hinako Omori, Holly Herndon and Daisy Moon, plus a brand new track from Isobel Waller-Bridge. Show more
A concert from Russian chamber orchestra Musica Viva, including works by Mozart, Vivaldi and Grieg. Presented by John Shea. Show more