Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential British choral works and Honegger's Pastorale d'été
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Beethoven turns to medical science in a desperate attempt to find a remedy for his failing hearing. Presented by Donald Macleod. Show more
From Wigmore Hall in London, the Brentano String Quartet play Haydn's String Quartet, Op 50 No 4, and Britten's String Quartet No 3. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Lucerne Festival 2019 and Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
2 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform Mendelssohn and Mozart and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana perform Rossini, Haydn, Bartok, Messiaen and Stravinsky. Show more
From Sommets Musicaux 2019, the Basel Chamber Orchestra and director Anne Katharina Schreiber are joined by Sandrine Piau in music by Torelli, Porpora, Hasse and Leo. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to Simon Russell Beale about Virtual Choral Evensong, Renée Fleming on Music and Mind Live and we have a Home Session from pianist Zhang Zuo.
A journey of Hope, from the innocence we experience at the birth of the day to our dreams in the stars. The first of five musical mixes as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. Show more
As part of a special week of broadcasts, Kate Molleson dips into the archive of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore recent performances of Beethoven symphonies. Show more
Tom Service finds portals to other worlds in Japan, from Noh theatre to Japanoise, and from Masaaki Suzuki's Bach to composer Toshio Hosokawa. Show more
Leading writers share the secrets of a real or imaginary internal places of refuge in times of crisis. David Almond recalls a field outside the mining town of Felling on Tyneside. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Korngold's Violin Concerto and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. With John Shea. Show more