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 Ian Skelly: Ben Parry, Essential Tone Poems, Gibbons' O clap your hands
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still’s uphill struggle to establish himself as a composer of opera. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Glenarm Festival of Voice: Ravel, Hahn and Messiaen
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Another chance to hear performances by soprano Siobhan Stagg, mezzo Ema Nikolovska and baritone Julien Van Mellaerts at the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2019. Show more
Penny Gore presents great Prom concerts from recent years by BBC orchestras and choirs. Today, Nigel Kennedy plays Elgar's Violin Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Show more
Tom Service examines Dvorak's Symphony No 9, 'From the New World', and Dvorak's belief that the emerging new American music would be led by black composers and musicians. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by cellist Daniel Müller-Schott and violinist Darragh Morgan. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic perform an all-Russian programme inspired by dance: Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances and Stravinsky’s magical The Firebird. Show more
Nature has been woven into our cultural heritage for generations, but as species disappear around the world, are we losing our natural inspiration for art, music and literature? Show more
Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that anticipated and shaped the response to the student explosions in Paris, Prague, London and Chicago in 1968. Show more
Holly Herndon talks to Verity Sharp about making music with her A.I. 'baby', Spawn. Plus dance music for lazy people, drone choirs and Ivor Cutler. Show more
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain play Mussorgsky, Ravel, Ligeti and Debussy at the 2018 BBC Proms. John Shea presents. Show more