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 music for children and Smyth's The Wreckers
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the enduring power, pathos and innovation of Beethoven’s late string quartets with guests Laura Tunbridge and Edward Dusinberre. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy live at London's Wigmore Hall
55 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Andrew McGregor introduces acclaimed Russian pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy in music by Brahms, Schubert and Beethoven. Show more
Collegium 1704 perform Cherubini’s Requiem and Kurpiński’s Te Deum at the 2019 Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival. Plus piano concertos by Hummel and Chopin. Show more
The Listening Service
Wagner’s Ring Cycle: The Ultimate Box Set Binge
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service explores classical music’s ultimate binge-listening box set - Richard Wagner’s apocalyptic four-part 16-hour marathon music drama, The Ring. Show more
Katie Derham with a lively mix of music and arts news. Folk guitarist Martin Simpson on 90 years of Cecil Sharp House and a home session from Steven Osborne and Jean Johnson.
Andrew McGregor hosts an evening of music for International World Environment Day, including the premiere of Tan Dun's Prayer and Blessing, his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Show more
Ian McMillan and guests explore some of the ways our language has morphed over the past few months Show more
Poet Kenneth Steven finds inspiration in Scotland's west coast islands. Each memoir concludes with a poem written about the island he has visited. Show more
Verity Sharp splinters the barrier between noise and quiet, playing pieces which probe the pregnant pause, the hushed tone and the deafening silence. Show more
A night of music from Swedish composers and performers including Mahler's Symphony No 3 from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Catriona Young presents. Show more