Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Listen to the best classical music, specially selected for your morning. Show more
Donald Macleod is joined by Eric Saylor to discuss a significant area of Vaughan Williams’ output that he cared about deeply but which is often overlooked - his stage works. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The Songs of Duparc at Lammermuir Festival (1/4)
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
From the Lammermuir Festival in East Lothian, renowned pianist Malcolm Martineau is joined by four of the UK’s outstanding singers to explore the sixteen songs of Henri Duparc. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Tuesday - Vaughan Williams 150: Holst, lifelong friend
3 hours, 1 minute
on BBC Radio 3
As Radio 3 celebrates Vaughan Williams 150, Daniel Harding conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in The Planets by Gustav Holst, a lifelong friend of RVW. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by the South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and violinist Sara Trickey with pianist Ivana Gavrić. Show more
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Eric Lu plays Chopin's Funeral Sonata
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Eric Lu plays Schumann's Arabeske and Waldszenen, music by Brahms and Bach, and ends with Chopin's 'Funeral' Sonata at his sold-out Wigmore Hall recital. Show more
Bill Laswell, Chelsea Carmichael and Matthew Sweet look at the Miles Davis recording that fused the funk of James Brown and Stockhausen's experimentalism with sitar and tablas. Show more
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers. Writer and scholar Dr Rommi Smith explores who gets to play The Lark Ascending. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Through the Night
Dai Fujikura: Entwine; Chopin's First Piano Concerto and Bruch's First Symphony
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Korean-born pianist Seong-Jin Cho presents himself as a gifted Chopin interpreter, flanked by a new work by Dai Fujikura and the highly romantic First Symphony by Max Bruch. Show more
