Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and Composers in their Own Voices. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential pianists, James Gaffigan and Judith Weir's Storm
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
This week Donald Macleod reflects on five aspects of Tchaikovsky. Today he explores Tchaikovsky, the lover of literature, and some of the writers who inspired him. Show more
From the 2016-17 Leeds Lieder season, Soprano Ruby Hughes and Baritone James Newby perform music by Mahler. Plus mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston in Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder Show more
The BBC Philharmonic in concert, including performances of works by Shostakovich, Ginastera, Holst, Arriaga and, with Paul Watkins, Elgar's Cello Concerto. Show more
Sean Rafferty with music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music moving from Scarlatti to Philip Glass and Chopin to Bizet before ending with an Ella Fitzgerald classic. Show more
Linton Stephen’s introduces a concert from Chetham’s School of Music’s Stoller Hall given by the Manchester Camerata and Pekka Kuusisto, and featuring saxophonist Jess Gillam. Show more
Free Thinking
Harlots and 18th-century working women
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Shahidha Bari hosts a conversation organised in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature to look at the pros and pitfalls of translating history into TV drama and film. Show more
Naoshima in Japan is not easy to reach, as Martin Gayford discovers, but this island is home to the most extraordinary collection of contemporary art.
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Andrei Ionita plays cello suites by Bach and Cassado, recorded at the Mihail Jora Concert Hall in Bucharest. Followed by music from Romanian orchestras. Catriona Young presents. Show more