Jorja Smith presents an hour of healing, emotional music. Show more
Downtime Symphony
Recharge with a mix of relaxing piano and orchestral sounds
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
An hour of wind-down music to help you press pause and reset your mind. Power your downtime with chilled orchestral, ambien and lo-fi tracks from artists including Alice Sara Ott. Show more
Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Debussy's Etudes with Iain Burnside and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Pianist Iain Burnside's library recommendation for Debussy's set of Etudes plus, celebrating International Women's Day, a round-up of recent releases of music by female composers. Show more
Music Matters
Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service speaks to soprano Sandrine Piau and cellist Steven Isserlis, and presents a profile of Scottish composer Geraldine Mucha. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Alexandra Oomens
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love, including Handel, Janacek and Marilyn Monroe. Show more
Inside Music
Bass Matthew Rose with vocal virtuosity and orchestral intensity
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Bass Matthew Rose opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Matthew Sweet reflects on how gender representation in film scoring has changed in the 25 years since Rachel Portman composed Emma and collected the Oscar for best soundtrack. Show more
Kathryn Tickell with the latest new releases and a Road Trip to Argentina. Show more
World-leading composer and bandleader Maria Schneider shares some of the music that inspires her. Plus concert highlights from Finnish pianist Iro Haarla. Show more
Puccini's La Rondine in a performance from 2009 at the Met, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna Show more
Kate Molleson presents the latest in new music performance, including Erika Fox's Osen Shomaat, played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov Show more
Soul-soaked jazz and free-falling dissonance with moreish momentum. Plus a wordless chorus from the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project that evokes spiritual hymnals. Show more
A concert broadcast in memory of conductor Alexander Vedernikov, who died in October 2020, with the Russian National Orchestra. Catriona Young presents. Show more