Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Schubert's Rosamunde and Essential Rhapsodies
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod finds Beethoven seemingly ready to settle down as he is awarded the benefit concert he so badly wanted, but will he stay in Vienna or go somewhere else? Show more
From Glasgow's City Halls, operatic tenor Nicky Spence performs a varied selection of works from Britten to Wolf, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau. Show more
Puccini's La bohème from the Royal Opera House, the first new production there for more than 40 years. The cast is led by Nicole Car and Michael Fabiano. Show more
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news, with pianist Jocelyn Freeman on her new album of lieder and a Home Session from percussionist Elsa Bradley. Show more
An eclectic 30-minute mix handpicked by conductor Sakari Oramo. Show more
Chinese-American pianist Eric Lu, winner of the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition and Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs music by Schumann, Brahms and Chopin. Show more
As the Barbican exhibition re-opens to visitors, hear photographer Sunil Gupta, authors CN Lester and Tom Shakespeare, curator Alona Pardo talk masculinities with Matthew Sweet. Show more
Verity Sharp hosts a series of conversations and performances recorded by songwriters at home. For this episode, it’s the turn of Indian sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan. Show more
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
Elizabeth Alker with brand new music by Marisa Anderson, MJ Cole, Nightports and Nils Frahm. Plus an exclusive preview of a new soundtrack by Paul Leonard-Morgan and Philip Glass. Show more
Chamber music by Handel, CPE Bach and Haydn, plus the world premiere of Ondřej Kukal's Harfenianna. Ensemble 18+ is joined by harpist Kateřina Englichová. Catriona Young presents. Show more