Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more

Donald Macleod leafs through the notebooks used by Beethoven’s circle to converse in writing with the deaf composer. Show more

Chamber music from 2016's Cheltenham Music Festival, today featuring works by Liszt and Schubert. Show more

A performance of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann recorded at the Vienna State Opera in September 2019 to celebrate the composer's 200th anniversary. Show more

Sean Rafferty presents music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians. Includes tenor James Gilchrist on his new CD and a Home Session from Christian Garrick.

Several centuries of music in half an hour from Rameau to Philip Glass via Rachmaninov and Delibes. Show more

Petroc Trelawny introduces a performance of Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah, recorded in Birmingham Town Hall in a version based on the original Birmingham first performance. Show more

Anne McElvoy looks at betting, economics and the leadership of US presidents talking to New Generation Thinker Darragh McGee, Callum Williams and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Show more

Christina Faraday argues that storytelling and conveying vivid detail was an important part of Tudor painting used to convey religious and political messages. Show more

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.

Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification. Featuring brand new tracks, exclusive first plays and music created by artists in quarantine. Show more

Works by Kodaly, Enescu and Brahms from the 2019 Chiemgau Music Spring Festival. John Shea presents. Show more