Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Bach's St John Passion for Good Friday, the Friday Poem and listeners' requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with The Lass of Richmond Hill, Essential Trumpet Concertos, Monteverdi's Loveliest Nightingale
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Pianist Jonathan Biss shares the wonder of Beethoven's piano sonatas with Donald Macleod. Today, they discuss the range of expression in No 27 in E minor, Op 90. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Brahms's Clarinet Trio and Giuliani's Concerto for guitar in Bath
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Sarah Walker introduces performances from the Bath MozartFest of Brahms's Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello and piano and Giuliani's Concerto for guitar and string quartet. Show more
Tom McKinney introduces a performance of Bach’s St John Passion for Good Friday, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by John Butt. Show more
The Listening Service joins the BBC's Civilisations season to sound the divine in music. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to pianist Mark Bebbington, Paul McCreesh on a new recording of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, plus a home session from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Show more
Another chance to hear the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle at the BBC Proms 2014 in Bach's St Matthew Passion, with soloists including Mark Padmore and Christian Gerhaher. Show more
Boo Hewerdine and Kate Fox on how friendships change in difficult times. Show more
Five slow radio soundscapes, featuring themes from the monastic life of Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys. The subject is love. Show more
From her house, Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a programme populated with DIY, lo-fi, homemade music. Featured artists include Poul Gernes and Robert Ashley. Show more
Bach's B minor Mass is a work of genius and a joy to sing. Tonight we hear a performance by Balthasar Neumann Chorus, B'Rock Orchestra and Ivor Bolton. John Shea presents. Show more
