Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests 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 what we know of Purcell’s private life alongside some of the last music he wrote. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Notes from Scotland: Jonathan Plowright
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
From the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, pianist Jonathan Plowright performs towering works by Liszt and Tchaikovsky. Show more
Ian Skelly presents music by Beethoven, Stenhammar, Machonchy and Respighi. Show more
Tom Service dispenses style counsel - what are the different eras in music history, and how can you tell them from each other? And is there a distinguishing contemporary style? Show more
In Tune
Andrew Staples and Alisdair Hogarth, Simon Russell Beale, Elena Fischer-Dieskau
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Sean Rafferty is joined in the studio by tenor Andrew Staples and pianist Alisdair Hogarth, pus interviews with actor Simon Russell Beale and pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau. Show more
Get ready for The Proms with a mix of performers, composers, and pieces from the 2021 season. Show more
Domingo Hindoyan conducts the RLPO in Stravinsky's Octet, Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin, Prokofiev's 'Classical' Symphony and a new trombone concerto by Dani Howard for Peter Moore. Show more
The Verb
The Politics Verb - Experiments in Living
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Ian McMillan's guests are Ed Miliband, Jackie Weaver, Emilie Robson and Kate Fox. Show more
In the final part of her series, writer Madeleine Bunting imagines the home of the future. As cyberspace colonises more of our lives, are we in for a dystopian nightmare? Show more
Verity Sharp presents a dream-inspired collaboration session at Maida Vale from Alabaster dePlume, Anrimeal and Tasos Stamou, based on the dreams of the Late Junction listeners. Show more
Let your troubles melt away with Laura Mvula, Billie Eilish, Carole King and more.
Happy Harmonies with Laufey
Let your troubles melt away with these soothing harmonies
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
A blissful mix of harmonic tracks from First Aid Kit, Simon & Garfunkel, Billie Marten and more.
Lise Davidsen and Miah Persson join the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner for Mahler's Resurrection Symphony. John Shea presents. Show more