Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Essential Vivaldi, Schubert's An die Musik, Berlioz and the Octobass
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Focusing on 1826, a year in the life of Schubert, Donald Macleod hears his monumental final string quartet, plus his setting of Goethe's poignant poem, None but the Lonely Heart. Show more
Acclaimed period instrument quartet Quatuor Mosaïques play Beethoven and Haydn at the Lammermuir Festival. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22, Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel, world premieres by Sorensen and Emma Ruth Richards, and Beach's Gaelic Symphony. Show more
Tom Service explores the world of close harmony and barbershop singing. Show more
Katie Derham talks to Daniel Hyde, Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, and also hears from two members of the Sitkovetsky Trio. Plus, a Home Session from Olivia Chaney! Show more
Thirty minutes of uninterrupted music, with pieces by Bach and William Byrd plus some Welsh harp. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Sakari Oramo's Sibelius Cycle: Symphonies 2 and 7
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conclude their Sibelius cycle with Symphonies 2 and 7. Soprano Anu Komsi solos in Sibelius's soaring, intense Luonnotar. Show more
Ian McMillan explores African writing with Maaza Mengiste, Ekow Eshun, Jennifer Makumbi and Ellah Wakatama. Show more
Writer Marybeth Hamilton considers the double erasure and ghostly presence of labour leader Joe Hill and Paul Robeson in American life through the powerful anthem sung by Robeson. Show more
Verity Sharp with a stellar improvised session from a drummer and cellist who have never met or played together before. Plus a tribute to Cecil Taylor. Show more
Enrico Baiano performs a harpsichord recital at the Münstersaal, Basel, including Frescobaldi, Strozzi and Scarlatti. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more