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 Debussy, Villiers Stanford, Takemitsu and Rossini. Show more
Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh, talks to Michael Berkeley about faith, doubt, compassion and the powerful emotions stirred up by his favourite music. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Soprano Louise Alder and pianist Joseph Middleton perform a recital by women composers, including Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, Alma Mahler and Libby Larsen. Show more
Lucie Skeaping celebrates the 450th anniversary of Thomas Tomkins's birth. He studied with William Byrd, was choirmaster at Worcester Cathedral and organist at the Chapel Royal. Show more
Live from the Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge, with music by Sarah Cattley, Howells, Judith Bingham and Brahms. Show more
Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social. Show more
Tom Service explores the lyrics and legacy of Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021, with musical director Jason Carr, and archive interviews with Sondheim himself. Show more
With the Academy Awards given out today, the literary sequence turns to the movies alongside the sounds of Erich Korngold and Max Steiner, John Williams, John Adams and Poulenc. Show more
The artist Paul Purgas reassesses the legacy of spiritual teacher and writer Jiddu Krishnamurti. Show more
Blending music and satire, the story of the great economist John Maynard Keynes and the great crises of the early 20th century. With Jamie Parker and Patsy Ferran. Show more
Record Review Extra
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4
2 hours, 32 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4. Show more
City life and moments of calm – a sound portrait of Riley Square in Coventry, recorded by artists Georgiou & Tolley. Show more
Keelan Carew finds unlikely musical connections. What links jazz from the roaring 20s, a fiendish Rachmaninov concerto and the score to the new Batman? Keelan has the answers! Show more
Karina Canellakis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Dvorak and Janacek from the 2019 BBC Proms. John Shea presents. Show more