Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Essential music for spring, Gerard Hoffnung learns the tuba
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Sibelius's years of enforced sobriety and his attempts to settle his mounting debts as the First World War loomed on the horizon. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Liszt, Messiaen and Walton from Welsh Festivals in 2019
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Nicola Heywood Thomas presents music by Liszt, Messiaen and Walton from the 2019 music festivals of Gower, Machynlleth and Presteigne. Show more
A rare chance to hear Reynaldo Hahn's exotic opera The Island of Dreams, plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra, live, in Rautavaara, Schumann and Sibelius Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by violinist Rachel Podger. Show more
A swan princess, 33 magical knights and a singing squirrel- yes, it's the In Tune Mixtape. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
The Philharmonia perform Bruckner, Wagner and Schoenberg
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and Bruckner's Symphony No 7. Show more
New Generation Thinker Lisa Mullen, philosopher John Dupré, historian Mark Honigsbaum, & artist Matt Adams look at contagion and culture with Matthew Sweet. Show more
Jon Gower, writer and keen walker of the Welsh mountains, explores unique features of each of Wales's five ranges, reflecting on what they mean to the people who live among them. Show more
A musical adventure through the BBC archives with the shipping forecast as companion. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
Elizabeth Alker with music by Julia Holter, Max Cooper and Nils Frahm. Plus brand new tracks from Max de Wardener, MJ Cole and Cucina Povera. Show more
Hasse's serenata Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra in a performance by Accademia Bizantina from Pau Casals Hall, Barcelona. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more