Jorja Smith presents an hour of healing, emotional music. Show more
Downtime Symphony
Laid-back instrumental beats from Steve Reich to Four Tet
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
An hour of wind-down music to help you press pause and reset your mind. With chilled sounds of orchestral, jazz, ambient and lo-fi beats to power your downtime.
Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Building a Library on Monteverdi's madrigals with Kirsten Gibson and Hannah French
2 hours, 47 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recording of Monteverdi's madrigals, plus Berginald Rash, a clarinettist at Chineke! Orchestra, on new clarinet recordings. Show more
Tom Service is joined by soprano Golda Schultz and violin virtuoso Gil Shaham. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with...Poppy Ackroyd
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Jess Gillam is joined by composer, pianist, and violinist Poppy Ackroyd to share the music they love, including Debussy, Brad Mehldau and Radiohead. Show more
Inside Music
Musical honesty and virtuosity with oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel
1 hour, 56 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Nicholas Daniel opens up a selection of classical music from his point of view as an oboist and conductor - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
A selection of film music to evoke the start of spring and the idea of rebirth, including scores by Ji Bark, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Danny Elfman, John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Show more
Lopa Kothari with the latest new releases from across the globe and a session from Madagascan singer-songwriter Modeste Hugues. Show more
Jumoké Fashola marks one year since the first UK lockdown with a celebration of live music, plus Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel Zenón shares tracks that inspire him. Show more
A performance from 2014 at the Met in New York of Bizet's much-loved opera Carmen, staring Anita Rachvelishvili and Aleksandrs Antonenko. Show more
Kate Molleson with a new release from Leo Chadburn, a live recording of Ensemble Modern performing the work of Alvin Singleton and an interview with American composer Ash Fure. Show more
Quickening and slackening, Treppenwitz explore the contours of their rhythmic interplay. Plus glitching electronics from Scottish musician and sound artist Lauren Sarah Hayes. Show more
Jakub Hrusa and the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin perform a programme of Czech music, including Martinu's Cello Concerto with soloist Tomas Jamnik. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
