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 German clarinettist Sabine Meyer. Presented by Georgia Mann. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the lifelong friendship between Brahms and violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim. In this episode, heartache as their mentor Robert Schumann suffers a breakdown. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
LSO St Luke's: Saint-Saens's Circle (1/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 9 months
Hannah French presents the first in a series of Lunchtime Concerts devoted to Saint-Saens and his circle. Today, the Nash Ensemble play music by Saint-Saens and his pupil Faure. Show more
This week, Afternoon Concert features performances from Berlin. Today, Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem. Show more
Sarah Walker reveals some of the many highlights of the 2022 BBC Proms, and welcomes one of the performers into the studio for a special live performance.
An eclectic mix featuring music by Felix Mendelssohn, John Williams and Sault. Show more
Violinist Hugo Ticciati directs the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in music by Tarrodi, Tüür, Vasks and a new commission by Karine Polwart and Pippa Murphy. Show more
Catherine Fletcher explores Cymraeg, the Welsh language, with writer RIchard King, novelist and TV writer Caryl Lewis, Dr Elen Ifan and composer and performer Seiriol Davies. Show more
Over 250 million people use the Cyrillic alphabet, but its history and the journeys of Saints Cyril and Methodios are a source of division not unity amongst Slavonic peoples. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Napoli illustrissima - works by Mascitti, Matteis, Cailò, Scarlatti, Lonati and Piani. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more