Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod attempts to unravel the complexities of Pauline Viardot's close friendship with writer Ivan Turgenev. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Cardiff Singer of the World - Song Prize Highlights (2/3)
1 hour, 27 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Iain Burnside is joined by Rebecca Evans to present highlights from the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 Song Prize. Show more
Jac van Steen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Dvorak's Nocturne and Brahms's First Serenade in a live concert from MediaCityUK in Salford. Show more
Live from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, with music by Ley, Wood, Bairstow, Ireland and Parry. Show more
Chamber music from the New Generation Artists: Alexander Gadjiev plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 21 in C, Op 53, 'Waldstein'. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, playing live in the studio, and also talks to conductor Tabita Berglund. Show more
In Tune's Classical Music Mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring music by Respighi, Rebecca Clarke, Copland, and Johnny Cash. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Nicola Benedetti and LSO play Mark Simpson and Tchaikovsky
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Nicola Benedetti joins the LSO and conductor Gianandrea Noseda to give the world premiere of Mark Simpson's Violin Concerto, followed by Tchaikovsky's final Sixth Symphony. Show more
Edmund de Waal and Frances Stonor Saunders open a battered suitcase and the gilded cabinets of a French museum. Plus Fariha Shaikh on Dickens and emigration. Show more
Teresa Garratty shares with us what it was like going deaf at 18. She also explores how speech versus sign language can be driving forces of elitism in the deaf community. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. Show more
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under exciting young conductor Thomas Guggeis perform Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony and Respighi's Pines of Rome. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more