Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with essential viola music and Playford's Kettledrum
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 Beethoven’s musical notebooks to see what they can tell us about his composing process, with guest experts Erica Buurman and Jan Swafford. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock and friends perform chamber music by Hacquart, Buxtehude, Froberger and Handel. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic with an all-Beethoven concert recorded earlier this year. Plus works by Edward Gregson and Paul Juon. Show more
English, Spanish and Portuguese Viol Music at the 2019 Musiq3 Festival in Brussels, performed by the Ricercar Consort.
Sean Rafferty talks to the mezzo soprano Helen Charlston and introduces a Home Session by pianist Charles Owen. Show more
Classical Mixtape
A 30-minute mix of delightful classical music
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Take 30 minutes to enjoy a soundscape of classical music. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Vienna Philharmonic with Christoph von Dohnanyi
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Christoph von Dohnanyi and the Vienna Philharmonic in Ligeti's Atmospheres, Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, Brahms's Symphony No 3 and, with Rainer Honeck, Berg's Violin Concerto. Show more
A book on Mahler's 8th Symphony, how the Enlightenment changed our behaviour in concert halls, and searching for natural amphitheatres to perform music in. Show more
When Tom Smith sets out to research allegations of racism in Berlin’s club scene, he finds himself face to face with his own past in techno’s birthplace: Detroit Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classcal to contemporary and everything in between.
Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg, partners in life as well as music, perform piano duets by Schubert and Rimsky-Korsakov. Presented by John Shea. Show more