Petroc Trelawny 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 explores the women who shaped Hector Berlioz’s life and work. Today, the rollercoaster ride of his engagement to a young pianist, Camille. Show more
Radio 3 New Generation Artists The Consone Quartet play Haydn and Mendelssohn, live at the 2021 Cheltenham Music Festival. Introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Show more
Tom McKinney introduces recent recordings of performances of French music from the Netherlands and a tribute concert to Ennio Morricone from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Show more
Sean Rafferty speaks to actor Giles Terera about his new book, Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal, and the Pelleas Ensemble perform tracks from their new album live in the studio. Show more
In Tune's Classical Music Mixtape including a flute sonata by Beethoven, Angelica Negron's Sueno Recurrente (Recurring Dreams) and the overture to Smetana's The Bartered Bride. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier play Rachmaninov and Stravinsky
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
The French-Canadian piano duo of Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier play an all-Russian programme including Rachmaninov Suite No 1 and Symphonic Dances, and Stravinsky's Petrushka. Show more
Bucolic retreats, aristocratic misbehaviour and political intrigue: Anne McElvoy considers the eventful history of a quiet weekend at the English country house. Show more
Adrian Edmondson celebrates a long love affair with cigarettes that came to an end when he found everything he had been missing. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra with Marek Janowski, Arabella Steinbacher, violin, and Antoine Tamestit, viola. Catriona Young presents. Show more