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
Michael Berkeley’s guest is writer Helen Macdonald. With music by Stravinsky, Sibelius and Lully. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Timothy Ridout and Tom Poster play Brahms viola sonatas
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
From London's Wigmore Hall, Timothy Ridout and Tom Poster play Brahms's two viola sonatas and a world premiere by Kurt Schwertsik. Show more
Hannah French searches for music with the power to balance the humours and transform the spirit, from Dowland’s Flow, My Tears, to David’s Harp, CPE Bach and Delalande. Show more
Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on the Eve of the Ascension, with music by Moore, Leighton, Finzi and Howells. Show more
Alyn Shipton with music from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dorothy Ashby and more. Show more
Tom Service explores the world of brass bands with composer Gavin Higgins and musical director of the Elland Silver Youth Band, Samantha Harrison. Show more
From poems by WH Auden and Ben Okri to music from Mussorgsky and Ruth Gipps, with readings performed by actors Graham Seed and Lara Sawalha, celebrating museums as they re-open. Show more
Paul Morley celebrates an art movement full of irreverence and play. One you didn't so much as join but gravitate towards as art and life merged. Show more
From 2021, Mark Ravenhill’s play about his mother, a moving and honest account of class, culture and dementia. Starring Pam Ferris, Toby Jones, Matti Houghton and Joseph Millson. Show more
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, CPE Bach’s Cello Concerto in A. Show more
Catrin Finch's travels continue, as she considers how the harp has reclaimed its place centre stage, with music by Britten, Rimsky-Korsakov, Poulenc and Michel Legrand. Show more
Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices. This week includes Beethoven, Hartmann, Debussy, Ulysses Kay, Martinu and Jessye Norman. Show more
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