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 Monteverdi, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Prokofiev and Fasch. Show more
Michael Berkeley’s guest is Esther Rantzen. With Georges Brassens, Elgar, and Brahms. Show more
Soprano Dorothee Mields and fortepianist Tobias Koch perform a programme of works by CPE Bach on the theme of kissing. Show more
The Early Music Show
Carnevale - Venice, Vino...and Vivaldi
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Hannah French and New York-based wine historian Ron Merlino explore music and wines associated with 18th-century Venice during Carnevale, especially in operas by Vivaldi. Show more
Live from Lincoln Cathedral on Ash Wednesday, with music by Byrd, Ayleward, Greene and Bach. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, with music from Sarah Vaughan, Yazz Ahmed and Maria Schneider. Show more
The Listening Service
Bruckner and the Symphonic Boa Constrictors
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
When Brahms compared Anton Bruckner's epic symphonies with being caught in the inescapable, life-sapping coils of a giant snake, had he misunderstood Bruckner's bold originality? Show more
Pippa Nixon and Sarah Amankwah read from Brit Bennett, Daisy Johnson, Colm Tóibín and CS Lewis. Music includes Angelique Kidjo, Fanny Mendelssohn and the Boulangers. Show more
Sunday Feature
Florence Price’s Chicago and the Black Female Fellowship
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Pianist Samantha Ege unravels a tale of music, kinship and community in 1920s Chicago: the remarkable female musicians and activists who helped Florence Price's music to thrive. Show more
By Lara Barbier, with sound design by Laurence Nelson. Margo is pregnant and can't stop eating Mussels. Hard-shelled blue-black tears. They speak of sorrow. They speak of the sea. Show more
By Nash Colundalur, with sound design by Arthur Hutchinson. 'My name’s Bauen, it means dwelling. I am the eyes and consciousness of this house..." Show more
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, written and premiered in a Nazi prisoner of war camp during WWII, performed by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Show more
Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Benjamin Britten's Serenade. Show more
The Electronic Century with Gabriel Prokofiev
New Sonic Territories
59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Gabriel Prokofiev explores the sounds made possible through synthesis, including the theremin and prototype synthesizers such as the ANS machine. Show more
For International Women's Day 2022, Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for singer and songwriter Sigrid. Show more
The MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dennis Russell Davies play Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams and Dvořák. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more
