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 Rachmaninov's Barcarolle and essential viola music
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod examines a rare first edition score with an inscription in Beethoven's own handwriting, and asks what printed music can tell us about Beethoven’s world? Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Cheltenham Festival 2016
Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Schwertsik from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival
55 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Chamber music from 2016's Cheltenham Music Festival, today featuring works by Stravinsky and Mendelssohn, along with a premiere performance of music by Kurt Schwertsik. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic and John Storgards on tour in Friedrichshafen with music by Britten and Bruckner. Kian Soltani joins them as soloist in Haydn's Cello Concerto in D. Show more
How is the rhythm and physicality of our breathing reflected in music? Show more
Sean Rafferty presents music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians. Includes conductor Mark Elder on his new CD and a Home Session by cellist Matthew Sharp.
In Tune's specially curated playlist, including Boccherini's famous minuet for string quartet, a dance for piano by John Cage and the overture to Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino. Show more
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by their associate artist, Ludovic Morlot, in a programme of surrealism, madcap jazz, and a celebration of the power of the human spirit. Show more
This week we celebrate the spirit of the Ledbury Poetry Festival. Ian is joined by Carolyn Forché, Kaveh Akbar, Juana Adcock and Sandeep Parmar. Show more
In a diary charting a sewing challenge, fashion historian Jade Halbert reflects on the skills of textile workers she has interviewed exploring the fashion trade in Glasgow. Show more
Verity Sharp starts at the end, featuring an album made solely out of the last note of songs. Plus vintage music from Sudan and a newly discovered recording of Thelonious Monk. Show more
Music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Hugh Wood performed at the 2019 BBC Proms by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Davis. Presented by John Shea. Show more
