Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning. Show more
The writer and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan shares her lifelong passion for music with Michael Berkeley and describes how we can best prepare for an unpredictable future. Show more
Acclaimed German baritone and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Appl is joined by pianist James Baillieu for a programme of settings of the poet Heinrich Heine. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the many Baroque operatic settings inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem Orlando furioso. With music by Caccini, Vivaldi, Handel, Steffani and Hasse. Show more
From Worcester Cathedral, with music by Philips, Stanford, Bach and Mulet. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents music chosen by you including Melody Gardot, Charles Mingus and Carmen McCrae. Show more
The Listening Service
Leoš Janáček: music is a being come alive
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
How did Janacek, so profoundly rooted in his Czech homeland, produce music so universally appealing, and what was the spur to his final decade of unprecedented creative energy? Show more
From Romeo and Juliet to Naoise Dolan and Harry Potter. Also the debut book from comedian Tez Ilyas, a performance by George the Poet and a winner of the Foyle Young Poets prize. Show more
Musicians and writers immerse themselves in the writing of Virginia Woolf, notably her musically modernist novel The Waves. Show more
Dan Rebellato’s bold new reimagining of Ionesco’s absurdist classic as a modern thriller about liberal democracy in crisis. Starring Toby Jones, Christine Bottomley and Liz Carr. Show more
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Schumann’s Piano Quintet. Show more
Acclaimed virtuoso Iveta Apkalna takes us on a personal odyssey through organ music: exploding myths and cliches, and reinventing how we see this extraordinary musical machine. Show more
Guest presenter Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill and mixes a classical playlist for singer-songwriter Laura Marling. Show more
Pianist Imogen Cooper plays Schubert and Beethoven, followed by the Casals Quartet with Haydn and Mendelssohn. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more
