Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring a complete Bach cantata and also including listeners' requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Georgia Mann with essential Easter music and Farnon's Jumping Bean
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann Show more
Donald Macleod presents five takes on the life and music of Gioachino Rossini. Today, Rossini is seen through the enthusiastic but distorting lens of 19th-century writer Stendhal. Show more
Sarah Walker presents sonatas by Haydn and Schumann played by French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Recorded at last year's Verbier Festival. Show more
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of Russian and French music. Show more
A service from the Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas, recorded in April 2017. Show more
Anastasia Kobekina and the Berne Symphony Orchestra play Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, a largely forgotten figure in 20th-century Russian music. Show more
Sean Rafferty introduces an In Tune Home Session by classical accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, and he talks to saxophonist Jess Gillam about her Virtual Scratch Orchestra. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Steven Osborne performs Messiaen's groundbreaking and monumental piano work from 1944, Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, a profound expression of his Catholic faith. Show more
Free Thinking
Science Fiction and ecological thinking
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Science fiction is often called the literature of cognitive estrangement, helping us to see things in a new light. An architecture specialist and a literary critic compare notes. Show more
In the third of her essays, Rachel Cooke considers the divorcee. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Lucas Debargue is the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 with Lausanne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joshua Weilerstein. John Shea presents. Show more