Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential Cello, Robert Hollingworth, Das Lied von der Erde
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod and Angela Hewitt examine how Beethoven's music reflects the technical advancement of the piano in his writing for the instrument, including the Hammerklavier. Show more
The Heath Quartet perform Berg's String Quartet, Op 3, his first major success, alongside Brahms's String Quartet in A minor, recorded at LSO St Luke's in London. Show more
The week of music-making from the Ulster Orchestra concludes with a live concert from Belfast featuring music by Errollyn Wallen, Mozart and Brahms. Show more
All you wanted to know about the tango, from its origins in the slums of Buenos Aires through to the world's glittering ballrooms and even incursions into 'serious' art music. Show more
Sean Rafferty with live music from guitarist George Tarlton, we chat to tenor Joseph Calleja, and Brooke Simpson from NYO talks about their performance of Mighty River. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. Show more
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, as part of Southbank Centre’s Inside Out season, the London Philharmonic play Beethoven's fourth piano concerto and symphony. Show more
The Verb
The Poetry of Walls: Inside Out at the Southbank Centre
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
New poetry that takes its cue from the limestone, fossils and concrete of the walls of London's Southbank Centre. Show more
Lindsay Johns concludes his series of essays on cities influenced by African migration in Cape Town. Show more
Verity Sharp invites open-eared musician Oren Ambarchi to assemble a mixtape and we explore the sound of ‘Far East’ reggae, developed by the Chinese-Jamaican community in Jamaica. Show more
Viktoria Mullova in Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. John Shea presents. Show more