Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential South American music, Gabriella Swallow, Handel's Ma quando tornerai
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod discovers why Kaija Saariaho loves writing vocal music, including her setting of four texts by the Finnish poet Eino Leino. Show more
Scottish born soprano Lorna Anderson joins pianist Malcolm Martineau for a Scottish themed recital including songs by Claire Liddell and Rebecca Clarke. Show more
The first work by a living Irish composer to appear on the Wexford festival’s main stage, Andrew Synnott's La Cucina tells the story of a sous chef baking a cake which goes wrong! Show more
Sean Rafferty meets pianist Bertrand Chamayou and American composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, and introduces a Home Session by jazz singer Sara Dowling. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Webern, arrangements of Schubert's songs with baritone Benjamin Appl and Mahler's epic Symphony No.1 Show more
Matthew Sweet asks biographer Peter Salmon about Derrida's influence in the 'post-truth' age and discusses his philosophy of deconstruction with Stella Sandford and Nicholas Royle. Show more
Opera singer Peter Brathwaite takes us into the world of his extraordinary lockdown project Rediscovering #BlackPortraiture, bringing art history’s forgotten black subjects to life Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification, including brand new music from Max Cooper, Autechre and Hinako Omori. Show more
Young pianist Albert Cano Smit performs music by Schumann, Prokofiev and contemporary Catalan composer Raquel García-Tomás. Presented by John Shea. Show more