Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Smetana's 'From my life' Quartet and Ailish Tynan
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein. Show more
Trio Zimmermann, a sparkling trio of soloists, perform chamber music by Schubert, Schoenberg and Mozart in the Queen’s Hall at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2012. Show more
Donald Macleod looks at how visits to England changed Dvorak and brought him increasing fame. Show more
Penny Gore presents great BBC Prom concerts from recent years by BBC orchestras and choirs. Today, the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers in music by Haydn and Schubert. Show more
Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with The Gesualdo Six. Show more
New Generation Artists
Timothy Ridout in a viola transcription of Schumann's Dichterliebe
31 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Timothy Ridout performs Schumann's great song cycle Dichterliebe in a version for viola and piano. Show more
Katie Derham introduces a BBC Instrumental Session by the altos of the BBC Singers. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist including Holst's A Fugal Overture, Jennifer Higdon's concerto for harp and orchestra and the march from Sibelius' Karelia Suite. Show more
BBC Proms: In this archive performance from 1997, Russian-born pianist Evgeny Kissin performs music by keyboard masters Haydn, Chopin and Liszt. Show more
Alan Dein follows the journey Karl Marx made from death to bronze icon and also travels to Chemnitzin in the former German Democratic Republic. Show more
A beatboxer wrestles with the silence of his mind and issues of mental health. Sounds of Silence explores the impact of lockdown on UK musicians. Presented by Soumik Datta. Show more
Sarah Churchwell celebrates various leading men of the silver screen from the 1930s and 1940s. This time, it's Charles Boyer, with the 'velvety voice'. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
A programme of music by Hungarian composers and performers to celebrate their State Foundation Day. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more