Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Mary Bevan, Weber's Abu Hassan, Essential Quintets
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod is joined by conductor John Eliot Gardiner to discuss Beethoven’s 'Eroica' Symphony and his Fourth Symphony. Show more
Sarah Walker presents highlights from the 2020 Salzburg Festival, which has at its heart a celebration of Beethoven in this his 250th anniversary year. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler's Tenth Symphony and the Chamber Symphony by his contemporary Franz Schreker. Presented by Penny Gore. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined in the studio by soprano Ailish Tynan for some live performance and chat and talks to violinist Charlie Siem about his first album in five years.
A specially selected playlist with music for voice and orchestra by Richard Strauss, a folk tune on a hurdy-gurdy, chamber music by John Field, and a song composed by Dolly Parton. Show more
From Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Tom McKinney introduces a concert conducted by Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, given as part of an evening marking the 100th anniversary of the orchestra. Show more
Would you change your nose if you could? What about an entire face transplant? Des Fitzgerald talks to Emily Cock and Fay Bound Alberti about facial difference. Show more
Geoffrey Smith continues his series on the changing perceptions of jazz in Britain, focusing on the audience. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Mahler's epic, exuberant hymn of joy, his Eighth Symphony. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more