Hannah French 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. This week's Essential Performer is legendary American trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. With Georgia Mann. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the periods when Muzio Clementi shared the London stage with Haydn, and Clementi's subsequent turn towards orchestral music. Show more
Today in the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend from Saffron Hall, Mark Simpson presents homages by Kurtag and himself, plus the Navarra String Quartet play Janacek's 'Kreutzer' Sonata. Show more
British pianist Alexander Ullman and the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Liszt's First Piano Concerto. Plus music by Haydn and Linda Catlin Smith. Show more
Live from Lincoln Cathedral on Ash Wednesday, with music by Byrd, Ayleward, Greene and Bach. Show more
In Tune
Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman, Thomas Zehetmair, François-Xavier Roth
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and pianist Jâms Coleman perform live in the studio for Sean Rafferty ahead of their concert at Wigmore Hall. Show more
In Tune's classical music mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix tonight with music by Satie, Gershwin, Handel, Finzi, JS Bach, Beethoven and Bizet. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Toward the Unknown Region - Vaughan Williams 150
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
The BBC Philharmonic in the first of six concerts from Manchester exploring the visionary work of Ralph Vaughan Williams through the prism of his nine symphonies. Show more
Free Thinking
The Barbican, art and writing in 50s Britain
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Lisa Mullen marks the anniversary of the Barbican. She's joined by art historian, Michael Peppiatt, literary scholar, Beryl Pong, and architectural historian, Elain Harwood. Show more
Matthew Sweet unravels the complex threads of Robeson's evolving film stardom and politics in the imperial flag waver, Sanders of the River, and his rendition of the Canoe Song. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Through the Night
Dai Fujikura: Entwine, Chopin's First Piano Concerto and Bruch's First Symphony
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Korean-born pianist Seong-Jin Cho presents himself as a gifted Chopin interpreter, flanked by a new work by Japanese sound magician Dai Fujikura. Catriona Young presents. Show more
