Georgia Mann 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 Ian Skelly: Emily Brontë's piano, Essential Operatic Villains, Strauss's Schlagobers Waltz
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 museum in Bonn. Today, they compare several samples of the composer’s hair. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2020 (4/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
A recital from the 2020 Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music, featuring works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Brahms and Rhona Clarke. Show more
The Ulster Orchestra plays the overture to Borodin's Prince Igor and Ravel's Mother Goose Suite alongside Richard Strauss's epic tone poem Don Juan and Berg's Violin Concerto. Show more
As part of Sport Relief, the BBC Philharmonic plays Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony. Listen as runners attempt to 'beat' Beethoven around a 5K course at MediaCityUK. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by the BBC Philharmonic and other top-class musicians for live music and interviews. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist, including JS Bach's 'Double' Violin Concerto, the rollicking Quintet by Louise Farrenc and gaming composer Koji Kondo's Legend of Zelda Suite. Show more
Live from the Barbican. Edward Gardner and the BBC SO in Schoenberg and Oskar Fried's responses to Dehmel's poem Transfigured Night with singers Stuart Skelton and Christine Rice. Show more
Ian McMillan and guests explore writing about insects. Show more
In the final part of her series, writer Madeleine Bunting imagines the home of the future. As cyberspace colonises more of our lives, are we in for a dystopian nightmare? Show more
Tape loops, the earliest recording of reverb and the world’s longest echo. Verity Sharp explores the echo chambers of adventurous music. Show more
Romanian Radio National Orchestra and Rumon Gamba in Brahms's Violin Concerto and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Catriona Young presents. Show more