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 the end of Sibelius’s seven teetotal years in the context of the Finnish Civil War. Show more
Petroc Trelawny introduces performances of Ravel's Violin Sonata in G and Enescu's Second Piano Quintet given by members of Caerus Chamber Ensemble in St Mawes Chapel in Cornwall Show more
Cellist Laura van der Heijden plays Tchaikovsky with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus orchestral music by Susan Spain-Dunk and Beethoven sonatas performed by Khatia Buniatishvili. Show more
The Listening Service
How to listen to...Erik Satie
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service explores the maverick world of one of the most popular French composers, Erik Satie, composer of the three Gymnopédies. Show more
The Amatis Trio perform live in the studio ahead of their concert at Wigmore Hall, and conductor Karina Canellakis previews her concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 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.
Dora Pejačević's Symphony in F sharp minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Sakari Oramo. Plus Beethoven's Violin Concerto with soloist Vilde Frang. Show more
Children's author Michael Rosen, writer and translator Lauren Elkin, artist Christopher Green and poet Suna Afshan talk diaries and day-to-day life with Ian McMillan. Show more
In the last of five personal takes on the Weimar Republic, Ute Lemper looks at the enduring appeal of Weimar music and song.
Late Junction
Music for lava, light squiggles and father-son listening
2 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Verity Sharp serves up two hours of adventurous journeys in sound, from music inspired by lava and the light squiggles in your eye, to the father-son duo of Clive Bell and Betamax. Show more
Ease your mind with the gorgeous sounds of collaboration with music from Taylor Swift and Bon Iver, Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper, and Loyle Carner and Jorja Smith.
Gameplay with Baby Queen
Iconic soundtracks to power your day
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
Gaming addict Baby Queen mixes a playlist to make you feel powerful, featuring music from Defiance, Celeste and Angry Birds. Show more
Through the Night
Strauss, Schumann and MacMillan at the 2019 BBC Proms
4 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
The BBC Scottish SO performs Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto and MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. With John Shea. Show more