Hannah French 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 Britten’s War Requiem and the composer’s friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Julian Pregardien sings Beethoven at Wurzburg Festival 2020
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Highlights from last year's festival recorded at Wurzburg Imperial Residence, including Beethoven’s song cycle 'To The Distant Beloved', and his String Quartet No. 6 in B flat. Show more
Ian Skelly presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Britten, Cecilia McDowall and Elgar. Show more
The Listening Service
Money Makes the Music Go Round
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service explores the relationship between money and music, from Prokofiev to the Pet Shop Boys, with economist Felix Martin. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by the cellist Matthew Barley and pianist Ivana Gavrić, playing live in the studio. She also talks to pianist Noriko Ogawa. Show more
In Tune's Classical Music Mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Show more
A new cello concerto by Julian Anderson, written for Alban Gerhardt, and a symphony by Dvorak form the double bill of this concert given by the CBSO conducted by Kazuki Yamada. Show more
Inspired by Manchester International Festival, this week we're working across disciplines with Max Porter and Heather Phillipson, Paolo Chianta and Malaika Kegode. Show more
Trinidad-born Nobel laureate VS Naipaul began his career working in radio for the BBC. It is also where writer Colin Grant met him half a century later. Show more
Verity Sharp presents off-grid music for omnivorous listeners. Expect duelling thumb piano from Sudan, rousing post-punk from Geneva and a new release from Beatriz Ferreyra. Show more
Lose yourself in an hour of jazz from Toshiko Akiyoshi, Jacob Mann, and DOMi & JD Beck.
Happy Harmonies with Laufey
Vol 11: Soothing harmonies for mellow days
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Laufey shares a mellow mix of soothing harmonies to give you goosebumps, featuring music from Charlotte Day Wilson, Woom and The King's Singers.
BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Karina Canellakis in a programme of Dvorak and Janacek from the 2019 BBC Proms. John Shea presents. Show more