Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod examines how, after the end of Chopin’s relationship with Georges Sand, a situation in Paris pushed the composer to accept an invitation to come back to Britain. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Great Music in Irish Houses Festival 2019 (1/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Performances from the 2019 Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, with music by Martinu, Lekeu and Dvorak. Show more
Tom McKinney focuses on Estonia in his week of music making from the Baltic States and includes music from the nation's best-known composer, Arvo Pärt. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by actress Tamsin Greig and conductor Robert Hollingworth, and also catches up with soprano Joyce DiDonato. Show more
In Tune's classical music mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring music by Mozart, Monteverdi and Kenny Wheeler. Show more
The LSO, conducted by both Simon Rattle and Barbara Hannigan, perform a programme of music at LSO St Luke's by Ravel, Lou Harrison, Varese and Barber. Show more
Free Thinking
Maryse Condé's writing plus Suzanne O'Sullivan
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan has tracked stories of mystery sleeping sicknesses and group medical disorders around the globe, conditions which have some echoes of the Salem witch trials. Show more
Sophie Oliver studies literature and the symbolism of clothes. Inheriting a house dress worn by Jean Rhys made her think differently about pregnancy, transformation and fantasies. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
From Copenhagen, Haydn's Creation, conducted by Adam Fischer. Catriona Young presents. Show more