Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, including works by Talbot, Schumann, Chopin, Homilius and Hardy. Show more
Esther Freud talks to Michael Berkeley about her extraordinary childhood and her passion for storytelling in both words and music. Show more
Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein performs a fascinating and diverse programme of late 19th- and early 20th-century repertoire. Show more
The Early Music Show
London International Festival of Early Music - Young Ensemble Competition
59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Highlights from the finalists in the 2020 Young Ensemble Competition at the London International Festival of Early Music: MokkaBarock, Ensemble Pro Victoria and Ensemble Hesperi. Show more
Live from Winchester Cathedral, with music by Ned Rorem, Francis Jackson, Haydn and Rheinberger. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
Tom Service asks what rhythm is, how we feel a beat and whether we need it to enjoy music. Music includes Bach's courtly dances, Steve Reich's Clapping Music and James Brown. Show more
From his ideas about beauty and truth to the season of 'mists and mellow fruitfulness' and his letters to Fanny Brawne, with music echoing themes in Keats's poetry. Show more
Orcadian composer Erland Cooper and violinist Daniel Pioro explore neolithic cairns and iron age brochs in a musical tribute to Orkney's late great poet George Mackay Brown. Show more
Alistair Fraser, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker and sociologist at the University of Glasgow, explores the gangland history of Glasgow's Gorbals. Show more
Rex Obano's drama tells the story of Rashaan Tilley, a university professor of black history who faces career and personal reprisals for suggesting slavery never happened. Show more
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow. Show more
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Guest presenter Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for fitness instructor Mr Motivator aka Derrick Evans. Show more
The Ebene String Quartet is joined by viola player Antoine Tamestit for two string quintets by Mozart. Presented by John Shea. Show more
