Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests, a selection of British concert overtures 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 explores Robert Simpson's life after his move to Ireland in 1986, a period that was initially very productive. However, illness soon struck him down. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Consone Quartet play Haydn and late Mendelssohn
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
The Consone Quartet play Haydn String Quartet in D, 'Frog', and Mendelssohn's deeply moving String Quartet in F minor, written after the unexpected death of his sister Fanny. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra (5/5)
2 hours, 32 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Ian Skelly introduces performances of works by MacMillan, Arnold and Brusa. The BBC Concert Orchestra perform The Sound of TV, a compilation of theme tunes from the 60s and 70s. Show more
English composers of the early 20th century have been labelled ' the cowpat school'. This is not just unfair. It's downright rude and it belies the depth of their music. Show more
Tenors Mark Padmore and Robert Murray are Katie Derham's guests. Show more
In Tune's classical music mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, including music by Berg, Shostakovich, Talbot, Mozart, Strozzi and some blues too. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Esa -Pekka Salonen says goodbye to the Philharmonia Orchestra
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Live at the Royal Festival Hall. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Beethoven, Liszt, Stravinsky and Sibelius in his farewell concerts as the Philharmonia Orchestra's principal conductor. Show more
Ian McMillan on time-scales with Danny Dorling, Rachael Boast, Roman Krznaric and Kate Fox Show more
It's the mid-1990s. Joanna Robertson is living in Albania as a journalist and meets King Leka Zogu, who wants to regain the throne. But the country is dangerous. Can Joanna stay? Show more
Verity Sharp begins a month-long season devoted to dreams and dreaming machines, with a mixtape by Kenyan artist KMRU and a unique commission by French composer Felicia Atkinson. Show more
Through the Night
An English Dream and Beethoven's Breakthrough
4 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Eight centuries of English choral music and Beethoven's Septet, his most successful early chamber works. Taken from two concerts held last year in Denmark. With Catriona Young. Show more
