Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Rachel Podger, Franck's Le Chasseur Maudit, Essential Bruch
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
In his madrigals, Gesualdo assumes the posture of an ardent lover. But as Donald Macleod recounts, in reality he makes a poor husband and an indifferent father. Show more
Another chance to hear a concert first given in November 2020 by clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist Tim Horton as part of Cheltenham Festival's residency at St. David's Hall. Show more
Tom McKinney introduces a live afternoon concert from Media City UK in Salford given by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gergely Madaras, of music by Ludwig van Beethoven Show more
Live from the Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge, with music by Stanford, Judith Weir and Vaughan Williams. Show more
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Sean Rafferty talks to soprano Katharine Dain and pianist Sam Armstrong. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including music by Mozart, John Adams, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner...and a Brazilian folk piece turned into jazz. Show more
Conductor Thomas Kemp and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform music in alternative orchestrations, culminating in Strauss's silent film rearrangement of Der Rosenkavalier. Show more
Rana Mitter hears lessons from the lives of a playwright and British Black Panther member, a Ukrainian film-maker, a Japanese child star and gang leaders in Glasgow and Chicago. Show more
Is man the only political beast? New Generation Thinker Alasdair Cochrane argues that animals should have greater rights. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Socially distanced chamber concert performances given in March 2020 by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra's brass and wind players. Presented by John Shea. Show more