The BBC Singers join Petroc Trelawny as he announces the winner of the Carol Competition. Show more
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Essential Sunrises, Anna Lapwood, Williams's O Adonai
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod selects highlights from a year of programmes celebrating 250 years since Beethoven's birth, looking in this final programme at what the composer means to us today. Show more
Nicola Heywood Thomas presents Schubert Plus, performed by the Gould Piano Trio at St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Show more
Concluding a week of highlights from the BBC performing groups, a concert of English music from the BBC NOW and Bartok from Ulster. Introduced by Tom McKinney Show more
Tom Service investigates what happens when musical rhythm gets loosened. What is going on when a jazz band makes a tune swing, or a Viennese orchestra makes a waltz swirl? Show more
In Tune celebrates Christmas, live from BBC Broadcasting House, where Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham are joined by a dazzling line-up of performers. Show more
In Tune's specially curated playlist: a sparkling mix of music shining brightly in winter. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Sweet Singing in the Choir - A Choral Christmas with the BBC Singers
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Bob Chilcott conducts the BBC Singers and members of the BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert of festive choral music. With special guests Jess Gillam and Katie Melua. Show more
The Verb
Christmas Lights Verb - Experiments in Living
47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Ian McMillan explores the ‘language’ of light this Christmas, with Floella Benjamin, lexicographer Susie Dent, musician Scanner and poetry legend John Cooper Clarke. Show more
Conversations and live performances from songwriters living away from their homeland. For this episode, Verity Sharp calls up Oregon-born, Galway-based musician Peter Broderick. Show more
Jennifer Lucy Allan reveals the albums of the year as chosen by the presenters, producers and friends of the show. Plus, a mixtape assembled by avant-rap experimenters clipping. Show more
The Pavel Haas Quartet and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, Basle, in a concert from Spring 2018. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more