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 Quintets, Daniel Kidane and Mozart's Soave sia il vento from Così fan tutte
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 iconic Fifth Symphony and his more bucolic Sixty Symphony, the 'Pastoral'. Show more
Sarah Walker presents highlights from the 2020 Salzburg Festival, including 20th century American piano masterpieces and a rapt song-cycle by Berlioz Show more
Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Koechlin's symphonic portrayal of seven Hollywood stars plus Unsuk Chin's clarinet concerto with Kari Kriikku. Show more
Live from Chichester Cathedral. Show more
BBC New Generation Artists: tenor Alessandro Fisher joins guitarist Thibaut Garcia for songs by Dowland, Rodrigo and Garcia Lorca. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined in the studio by the Solem Quartet, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas talks about his new album, plus instrumental session from the cellos of the BBC Philharmonic. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Sarah Connolly and Ian Bostridge sing Vaughan Williams and Chausson
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Two of Britain's most celebrated singers, Sarah Connolly and Ian Bostridge, join Julius Drake at the piano and the Carducci Quartet for a pair of song cycles inspired by nature. Show more
Free Thinking
Helen Mort and Blake Morrison, Oulipo
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Helen Mort and Blake Morrison write poetry, fiction and non-fiction and acts as mentors. In a conversation organised with the Royal Society of Literature, they compare notes. Show more
Geoffrey Smith continues his series on changing perceptions of jazz in Britain, focusing on the visits of two celebrated American artists, Duke Ellington and Bud Freeman. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Bamberg Symphony, Jakub Hrusa and violinist Joshua Bell at the BBC Proms 2019 with an all-Czech programme of Dvorak and Smetana. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more
