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. This week's Essential Performer is conductor Marin Alsop. With Georgia Mann. Show more
Donald Macleod looks at Bosmans’s final years, including her fiery relationship with singer Noëmie Perugia. Show more
Highlights from the 2021 Schwetzingen Festival: The Brentano Quartet play Schubert’s String Quartet No 15 in G, D887. Show more
Strauss and Bruck from Seoul, as well as more from the Bach family with the Controcorrente Orchestra. Show more
The Listening Service
Bruckner and the Symphonic Boa Constrictors
31 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available 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
Katie Derham is joined by pianist and director of music at Ronnie Scott's, James Pearson. She also talks to Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen. Show more
In Tune's Classical Music Mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix which tonight includes concertos by Mozart and Vivaldi, a Fanfare to the Common Man, and Delius's La Calinda. Show more
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Viktor Ullmann's darkly satirical opera and orchestral works by Krasa, Haas, and Schulhoff – composers from the Nazis' Theresienstadt ghetto. Show more
Warsan Shire talks about her first full-length poetry collection Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head, and Ruth Padel discusses her novel Daughters of the Labyrinth. Show more
From Van Dyck portraits and a 1628 pamphlet by William Prynne to the poster for the V&A's exhibition Fashioning Masculinities. Lauren Working looks at long hair, lace and earrings. Show more
Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from the Mayan instrument-inspired producer and composer Debit. Plus Montreal post-punk and antiphonal birdsong. Show more
Tokio has an uplifting playlist to start your day just right! Featuring Portico Quartet, Tania Maria, Liszt and Mozart. Show more
Gameplay with Baby Queen
Iconic themes for your favourite characters
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for 7 months
Baby Queen celebrates your all-time favourites. Featuring music from Super Street Fighter 2, Pokémon Red and Blue, and Super Mario. Show more
The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Schumann's Manfred Overture, Violin Concerto and First Symphony. With Jonathan Swain. Show more