Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, live from Birmingham, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Presented by Georgia Mann. Show more
Donald Macleod examines the details of Bach’s trip to visit Buxtehude and revisits Buxtehude’s early life. Show more
Mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones and pianist Simon Lepper perform music by Joseph Horovitz, Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Errollyn Wallen. Show more
From the Proms - Prom 36: the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3 and Dvořák's Symphony No 7 in D minor. Show more
New Generation Artists
Catriona Morison sings Elgar's Sea Pictures
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Chamber music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: Catriona Morison sings Elgar's Sea Pictures and Alec Franck-Gemmill plays Schumann on a Viennese natural horn. Show more
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises for a holiday-themed mix Show more
Live BBC Proms: Five exceptional soloists, including Iestyn Davies and Mary Bevan, join John Butt and the OAE as they drive to the heart of Bach's sublime Mass in B minor. Show more
Film-maker Anastasia Kirillova is drawn into the mysterious world of the ‘kosaquin’ – Japanese love detectives offering hope to the broken-hearted. Show more
Verity Sharp hosts a series of conversations and solo performances recorded at home by UK musicians. For this episode, it’s the turn of Nathaniel Mann of the Dead Rat Orchestra. Show more
In the past, people often carried facial scars. Were we more tolerant of difference or more judgemental? New Generation Thinker Emily Cock looks at portraits and medical texts. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Works by Leclair, a new piece by Bernese composer Gabrielle Brunner, and Gringolts's own string arrangement of Beethoven's mighty Diabelli Variations. Show more