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
Fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes talks to Michael Berkeley about her career spanning more than five decades and her passion for opera. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Michael Collins and Michael McHale
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Clarinettist Michael Collins and pianist Michael McHale perform a programme of works by Widor, Bax, Muczynski and Horovitz. Show more
Lucie Skeaping explores the concept of liberty and asks if we want to be enchained by love. Or find eternal escape through death? With music by Byrd, Barbara Strozzi and Handel. Show more
Live from St Pancras Church, during the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, including world premieres by Renāts Cvečkovskis, Stevie Wishart and Joanna Marsh. Show more
Alyn Shipton with music from Dave Pike, Paula Gardiner and Humphrey Lyttleton. Show more
The Listening Service
The Synthesizer. Hannah Peel, Peter Zinovieff
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service investigates the rise of the synthesizer, an initially crude assemblage of electrical components that became one of the most ubiquitous musical instruments. Show more
Actor and comedian Miles Jupp, host of Radio 4's The News Quiz, and radio news presenter Kathy Clugston read poetry and prose about the news media, with music and archive clips. Show more
An exploration of the 7th-century poem The Gododdin, a lament for the fallen, bringing to life one of the oldest, yet enduringly relevant, treasures of European literature. Show more
New Generation Thinker Tom Smith reflects on the creativity around nightclubs and how club culture will have changed after being shut down during the pandemic. Show more
By Nadia Fall. Ava travels to Iran to find out about her father’s past. Lockdown Theatre presents the Theatre Royal Stratford East production. Show more
Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 2. Show more
Catrin Finch's travels take her to new territories, as she talks about her collaboration with kora player Seckou Keita and shows how the harp is moving in many new directions. Show more
Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices. This week includes music by Monteverdi, pianist Hazel Scott and Adolphus Hailstork. Show more
Through the Night
A Celebration of Bulgarian Culture and the Cyrillic Alphabet
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
A celebration of Bulgarian culture and the Cyrillic alphabet on the feast day of the brothers, Saints Cyrl and Methodius. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more