Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod follows Schumann through difficult times in a new city and the writing of his Three Fantasies for piano. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Britten and Wolf Songs: Ancient Sighes and Teares
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Exploring the connections between songs by Britten and Wolf and their choices of poets from bygone eras. With pianist Joseph Middleton and presented by Sarah Walker. Show more
Afternoon Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Mental Health Awareness Week
2 hours, 32 minutes on BBC Radio 3
In Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, Penny Gore presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra playing music by Britten, Dan Jenkins, Joseph Marx, Thomas Larcher and Mahler. Show more
Tom Service examines the intimate relationship between music and our minds. How does music affect our mental health? How do we use music to alter or deepen the way we feel? Show more
Roderick Williams and upcoming artists Themba Mvula and Ella O'Neill perform live in the studio ahead of their concert at the Brighton Festival. Show more
In Tune's classical music mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring classical favourites to help soothe your soul. Show more
Chloé van Soeterstède conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Prokofiev, Ravel and Haydn. Matthew Featherstone and Catrin Finch join for Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto. Show more
Ian McMillan explores the language of ancestry and families across the generations with poets Hollie McNish and Gillian Clarke and columnist Hadley Freeman. Show more
Opera singer Peter Brathwaite invites us in to the iconic yet little-known voice of folk singer Vera Hall, in a personal exploration of what makes it - and her - so special. Show more
Verity Sharp listens to the late-night singing of vending machines, revisits Sun Ra’s classic album Lanquidity, and we salute pioneering composer Alvin Lucier on his 90th birthday. Show more
Through the Night
A piano recital given in Sweden by Claire Huangci
4 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
American pianist Claire Huangci performs Scarlatti, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Paderewski. Presented by John Shea. Show more