Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and a Bach cantata in our regular Bach Before 7 slot. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential Stars from Erik Esenvalds, Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance and Rakhi Singh
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Bach through the window of his business dealings. Show more
In the third concert this week from LSO Luke's in London, Alina Ibragimova performs two works for solo violin: Bach's Partita No 2 in D minor and Bartok's Sonata for violin solo. Show more
Professor Brian Cox and the BBC Symphony Orchestra carry us across the universe: music by Sibelius, Ives and Mahler with the BBC SO's principal guest conductor, Dalia Stasevska. Show more
From the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London, with music by Bob Chilcott, Arvo Part, Pierre Villette and Pawel Lukaszewski. Show more
Imogen Cooper plays Schubert's German Dances, D970, Steven Isserlis plays Schumann's Three Romances, and Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida perform Schubert's song-cycle Winterreise. Show more
George Eliot was a lifelong piano player and many of her novels and letters allude to it. The music includes works by Liszt, Handel, Clara Schumann and Tchaikovsky. Show more
Paavo Jarvi conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto, with Benjamin Grosvenor, and Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony. Show more
Contemporary chamber ensemble the London Sinfonietta returns to the Royal Albert Hall, with a programme of contemporary classical works. Show more
Ross Sutherland traces the extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan. Father of performance art and surrealism, Cravan's strange life is the ultimate art enigma. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Brass Consort Koln gives a concert of Christmas music from Italy, England, Norway and Russia. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more