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
Ian Skelly with Harris's Faire Is the Heaven, Nicholas Collon, essential Halloween music
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod recounts how Desmarets saved his career while living in exile, and back in Paris, Boismortier finally conquers the Paris Opera with his work Daphnis et Chloé. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020 (4/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Performances by soprano Ailish Tynan, mezzo Kitty Whately and baritone James Newby, from the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020. Show more
Janacek's comic opera The Excursions of Mr. Broucek, conducted by Jiri Belohlavek with tenor Jan Vacik in the title role. Recorded at the Barbican Hall in 2007. Show more
The Listening Service
How to Sing Classical - Vibrato!
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Good vibrations or horrible wobbling? Why do singers use vibrato? The stereotypical classical singer has a big vibrato-laden voice. But how true is that stereotype? Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Peter Phillips, founder of The Tallis Scholars, and pianist Yulia Chaplina performs live in the studio. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist including the Waltz of the Telegrams by Germaine Tailleferre, a violin concerto by Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Weber's Euryanthe Overture. Show more
The BBC Concert Orchestra end Radio 3’s residency at the Royal Festival Hall in London with newly appointed Principal Guest conductor Anna-Maria Helsing and soprano Anu Komsi. Show more
The Verb
Comedy writing in difficult times: Experiments in Living
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Ian McMillan is joined by Ben Schott, Kate Fox, Grainne Maguire and Matt Winning to explore how to write humour in difficult times. Show more
Writer and broadcaster AL Kennedy concludes her exploration of voice. Today, make some noise before it's too late. Show more
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents an exclusive collaboration session between LA-based experimental vocalist Nour Mobarak and Berlin-based sound artist and composer Jessica Ekomane. Show more
NDR Radio Philharmonic and NDR Philharmonic Brass perform American classics including Copland's Clarinet Concerto and Appalacian Spring Suite. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more