Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are the Manchester Camerata. Presented by Georgia Mann. Show more
Donald Macleod charts the ups and many downs of American jazz musician Billy Strayhorn's final years, which he spent in Riverside Drive, New York. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Perth Pianos: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
Young Swiss pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula performs four pieces from Janacek's On an Overgrown Path, Schumann's Fantasie in C and two interludes of his own. Show more
Penny Gore with Mozart's Symphony No 40, played by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, plus Strauss's Oboe Concerto, music by Lili Boulanger and Monteverdi arranged for brass. Show more
Tom Service on the mutually creative relationship between music and its surroundings. Show more
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Show more
An eclectic mix, featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises, including music by Rameau, Philip Glass and John Field. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Rich Romance with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Comedy from Walton, romance from Rachmaninov and hope from Elgar. The RSNO, conductor Thomas Sondergard and award-winning French pianist Lise de la Salle in concert from Glasgow. Show more
Ian McMillan and guests poet Fleur Adcock, comedian Pope Lonergan and writer Jane Campbell explore the language, poetry and perceptions of old age. Show more
Michael Goldfarb looks at the influence of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg on postwar US non-conformists and the emergence of the Beat Generation. Show more
Verity Sharp goes looking for music made with shells, and explores new sonic shorelines. With music from Alex Rex, Rie Nakajima and Los Abuelos del Wayku. Show more
Drift away with a weekly dose of the world’s most soothing piano music.
Happy Harmonies with Laufey
Vol 6: Divine harmonies from musical theatre
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for 12 months
Laufey dives into the world of musicals with dazzling tunes from Company, West Side Story, Rent and more. Plus, an exclusive track from Laufey herself.
The BBC Philharmonic and John Storgards give an electric performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No 11 'The Year 1905' at the 2019 BBC Proms. Catriona Young presents. Show more