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 Tiersen's Valse d'Amélie, Owain Park, Essential Quintets
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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 final epic foray into the world of the symphony – his Ninth. 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 Singers present a programme of choral music in memory of Stephen Cleobury, who died on 22 November 2019, introduced by his wife Emma. Show more
Tom Service explores the music of Sibelius as a force of nature with 'Wild' writer Jaye Griffiths. Show more
Sean Rafferty with live music from pianist William Vann and soprano Mary Bevan plus violinist Jack Liebeck, and cellist Sébastien Hurtaud talks about his new album.
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a cantata by Bach, Cage's toy piano, Kreisler writing in the style of Pugnani and a song by Philip Glass. Show more
Cellist Abel Selaocoe and his trio Chesaba join the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Clark Rundell at the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Show more
Geoffrey Smith concludes his series on perceptions of jazz in Britain with a look at American saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his association with London. Show more
Kate Molleson presents live from Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, with a concert by Explore Ensemble, performing works by Oliver Leith, Joanna Baillie and Lawrence Dunn. Show more
Verity Sharp with spoken word which ‘tastes like peaches, metal and blood’, eerie sounds from a former military testing site and tape music in the key of no from Alice Kemp. Show more
Tchaikovsky's Serenade for strings and Brahms's Second Symphony, performed by the Shenzen Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more