Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Essential Schumann, Barnaby Smith
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Beethoven's letters, read by Adrian Lester. Today, Beethoven corresponds with leading writers, his idol Goethe, and is in urgent need of some fresh quills. Show more
The Pavel Haas Quartet and the Belcea Quartet perform Mendelssohn's Octet. Show more
Peteris Vasks, Mozart and Bizet from 2019 festivals in Lithuania, Romania, Switzerland and Denmark, and from the Lugano Festival archive, Alexander Gurning plays more Chopin. Show more
Tom Service delves into one of the most mysterious, complex and rewarding pieces in all music, Bach's keyboard work The Goldberg Variations. Show more
Sarah Walker presents a lively mix of music and arts news. Composer Max Richter talks about his new album Voices and there's a home session from sax player Manu Brazo.
A special Home Session edition of In Tune's specially curated mixtape, including performances by Elizabeth Kenny, Wayne Marshall and James Pearson.
A special Prom marking the 80th birthday in 2010 of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, with a cast featuring Bryn Terfel and Dame Judi Dench. Show more
Writer, journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch investigates the fascinating story of 'Fire!!', a short-lived literary magazine from the Harlem Renaissance published in 1926. Show more
Christopher Harding asks if mental illness in Japan may actually be a sign of a rejection of a narrowly conceived modernity. Show more
Tape loops, the earliest recording of reverb and the world’s longest echo. Verity Sharp explores the echo chambers of adventurous music. Show more
Music by Ligeti, George Crumb and Brahms performed by cellist Roger Morello. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more