Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Essential Bruch, Ailish Tynan, Glazunov's Troubadour Serenade
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Gesualdo becomes embroiled in a dangerous witch trial and works on some of his most beautiful sacred music. Donald Macleod continues the story of the Prince of Venosa. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Organ music by Gowers, Park, Ravel and Kerensa Briggs
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Another chance to hear organist Anna Lapwood's imaginatively programmed concert from November 2020. Part of Cheltenham Festival at St David's Hall in Cardiff. Show more
Tom McKinney introduces a performance of Mozart's great masterpiece, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and featuring Ildebrando D'Arcangelo in the title role. Show more
Sean Rafferty introduces a Home Session by melodeon player Andy Cutting and talks to composer Judith Bingham. Show more
The triumphant sound of brass opens and closes another eclectic edition of the In Tune Mixtape. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, with Isata Kanneh-Mason, and also journey through fascinating corners of America’s musical landscape. Show more
Shahidha Bari hosts a discussion in partnership with the Bristol Festival of Ideas with New Generation Thinkers Christienna Fryar, Jeffrey Howard, Joanne Paul and Dina Rezk. Show more
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh, a 19th-century tiger-hunting MP, was born without hands and feet. New Generation Thinker Clare Walker Gore reflects on what his biography leaves out. Show more
As the world swirls around, Hannah Peel goes on a late-night journey in and around Dvorak's nostalgic New World Symphony with music that evokes a sense of solace and belonging. Show more
Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification, including the latest releases and exclusive previews. Show more
Lucas Debargue is the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joshua Weilerstein. John Shea presents. Show more