Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, plus special guest poet and Verb presenter, the Bard of Barnsley, Ian McMillan. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Operatic Villains, Bourgeois's Serenade, Arthur Bliss and Pen Pits
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod and Erica Buurman examine some of Beethoven’s personal possessions at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. Today, they discover a selection of his mechanical hearing aids. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, soprano Ruby Hughes, cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Julius Drake play Kodály, Pritchard, Tavener and more. Show more
The Ulster Orchestra plays music by Stravinsky, Ibert and Aaron Jay Kernis in Belfast, as well as Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony and Richard Strauss's 'Also Sprach Zarathustra'. Show more
Franck Marcon conducts the Polyhymnia Ensemble in a performance of Louis-Nicolas Clerambault's Miserere at a concert they gave at Romainmôtier Abbey in Switzerland last May. Show more
Katie Derham with live music and conversation in the studio from pianist Rokas Valuntonis and a violin and piano duo of Michael Foyle and Maksim Štšura.
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix, today including music by Arnold, Mendelssohn and Zelenka.
Jakub Hrůša conducts the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra with soprano Camilla Tilling and mezzo Jennifer Johnston in Mahler's epic journey from darkness to light. Show more
Presented by Tom Service. An interview with soprano Lise Davidsen, Alice Farnham on her Women Conductors course, plus a new book on Philip Glass's opera, Einstein on the Beach. Show more
Writer Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home, from an Iron Age hut to the home button on our smartphones. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Ton Koopman conducts the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra in a programme of Bach and Mendelssohn. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more