Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning. Show more
Mike Brearley, one of the most successful cricket captains of all time, talks to Michael Berkeley about the music that inspires him and about his second career as a psychoanalyst. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London: works for viola and piano by John Dowland, Benjamin Britten, Ryan Wigglesworth and Johannes Brahms given by Lawrence Power and Ryan Wigglesworth. Show more
Hannah French and Zak Ozmo explore the life and work of the extraordinary 16th-century lutenist, music theorist and composer Vincenzo Galilei, who was born around 500 years ago. Show more
Live from Ely Cathedral on Armistice Day, marking the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. Music by Guest, Sumsion, Patterson and Blatchly. Show more
Jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with tracks from Duke Ellington, Diana Krall and Herbie Hancock. Show more
Tom Service explores the music of Sibelius as a force of nature with 'Wild' writer Jaye Griffiths. Show more
Georgie Glen and Rupert Holliday Evans read words by Christina Rossetti, Yeats, Donald S Murray and Freya Stark with music by Schubert, Van Morrison, Dave Brubeck and Judith Weir. Show more
Three people are grieving their musician fathers and dealing with their legacies. As they meet and share their experience, the worlds of folk, classical and ska come together. Show more
New productions of two of Angela Carter's iconic radio plays from the 1970s, Vampirella and Come unto these Yellow Sands. Introduced by Fiona Shaw as Angela Carter. Show more
Record Review Extra
Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 6 in F minor
1 hour, 29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F minor, Op 80. Show more
The Art of Simplicity with Stuart Maconie
I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
In art, less is often more. Stuart Maconie explores ways in which composers have found inspiration in the principles of simplicity. Show more
To celebrate the 2023 Prom on Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions, revisit this episode of Classical Fix as guest presenter Jules Buckley mixes a classical playlist for Cory Henry. Show more
A concert of music by Robert Schumann, Szymanowski and Richard Strauss from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more