Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music and at 10.30am is joined by guest Marie-Louise Muir for a monthly arts roundup of events and activities online. Show more
William Sieghart, the founder of the Forward Prizes for poetry and National Poetry Day, talks to Michael Berkeley about the music and poetry he loves. Show more
From Wigmore Hall in London in 2017, Peter Moore (trombone) and James Baillieu (piano) perform music by James Maynard, Schumann, Duparc, Rachmaninov, Hindemith and Pryor. Show more
The Early Music Show
Thirty-five years of the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition (1)
19 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lucie Skeaping with recordings from prizewinners at the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition from 1985 to 2019, including Mhairi Lawson, Sollazzo and Stile Antico. Show more
From Sheffield Cathedral. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with music this week from Clifford Brown, Count Basie and Maria Schneider. Show more
The Listening Service
What's the point of practice?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Does practice make perfect? And what is perfect practice? Can anyone become a good musician by just putting in the hours? Tom Service finds out. Show more
Poems of pause and peace, read by David Ajao and Florence Roberts. Music by Jacques Ibert, Meredith Monk, Henry Purcell and William Walton. Show more
Reflections on American writer Toni Morrison, who died in 2019, through her own words and those of her peers. Show more
In August 2015, the great Russian freediver, Natalia Molchanova, disappeared in Spanish territorial waters. Jump Blue reimagines her final descent. Show more
Drama from Edinburgh's Summerhall. Playwright Nell Leyshon tells her own true story of how her reinvention of herself after her children have left home is halted by illness. Show more
A monologue by Jan Carson. Liam Neeson stars as a former world-class concert pianist whose dementia subsides when he performs Ravel. Show more
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Bartok's Piano Concerto No 3. Show more
Created especially to keep you calm on a Sunday evening, the Mindful Mix is filled with serene and calm tracks to keep your mind at bay whenever you need. Show more
Broadcaster and film music aficionado Edith Bowman tries out Clemmie's classical playlist with music by Copland, Berlioz and Nadia Boulanger. Show more
From the Schubertiade in Vilabertran, a Schubert song recital with Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber. John Shea presents. Show more
