Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring a curated selection of British concert overtures and listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Robert Simpson’s split with the BBC and his move from England due to political differences. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Consone Quartet with Alexander Rolton play Schubert's Quintet, D956
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Consone Quartet play Schubert's Quintet in C, a pinnacle of Romantic chamber music, with cellist Alexander Rolton. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra (4/5)
3 hours, 1 minute on BBC Radio 3
The Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra perform music by Ravel, Nigel Hess, James MacMillan and Elisabetta Brusa. Presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
Katie Derham's special guest is the jazz vocalist Ian Shaw. Cellist Kate Gould also joins Katie. Show more
In Tune's classical music mixtape, including music by Leopold Mozart, Ivor Cutler and Percy Grainger. Show more
Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge and Shostakovich's awe-inspiring Fourteenth Symphony. Show more
Forensic architecture asks us to 'look at an air bubble'. Olafur Eliasson says, 'Look down, look up.' Just two of the 140 suggestions from artists discussed by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Show more
It's the mid-90s, and Joanna Robertson has moved to Albania to be a journalist, on a hunch that something major is about to happen there. When it does, Joanna gets her scoop. Show more
A magical sonic journey conjured from the BBC music archives. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
Elizabeth Alker shares new music from Nine Inch Nails’s Alessandro Cortini and a rousing remix from a series of re-interpretations of Kelly Lee Owens’s acclaimed album Inner Song. Show more
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier describes Cupid's turbulent journey in search of love. Played by the Orfeo Orchestra. Presented by Catriona Young. Show more