Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition and 'Light in the Darkness'. Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod selects more highlights from a year of programmes celebrating 250 years since Beethoven's birth, today exploring the world the composer lived in. Show more
Nicola Heywood Thomas presents Schubert Plus, performed by harpist Catrin Finch at St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Show more
In a week featuring the best of the BBC performing groups, the BBC Symphony Orchestra take centre stage with a performance of Mendelssohn's account of the story of Elijah. Show more
Sean Rafferty talks to Iestyn Davies about performing Handel’s Messiah with the Academy of Ancient Music, and Hanna Hipp tells us about the The Royal Opera Christmas Concert.
Radio 3 in Concert
Beethoven Unleashed: 250th Anniversary Concert, Live from Bonn
2 hours, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live from Old Plenary Hall, Bonn, Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Fifth Symphony. Show more
Tracing the sensual and radical Marlene Dietrich from Europe to Hollywood. Le Gateau Chocolat, Pamela Hutchinson, Phuong Le and Lucy Bolton discuss with Matthew Sweet. Show more
Conversations and live performances from songwriters living away from their homeland. For this episode, Verity Sharp calls up Guinea-born, Margate-based musician Falle Nioke. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
Marking the centenary of the Weimar Republic and the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Unclassified shines a spotlight on music making in Berlin in 2019. Show more
Russian music performed by the BBC Philharmonic at the 2019 Proms, including Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Catriona Young presents. Show more
