Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the court case between Sullivan, his librettist W.S. Gilbert and the impresario D’Oyly Carte. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Edinburgh New Town Concert Series (4/4)
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Quatuor Ébène perform Ravel's String Quartet in F, and the Van Baerle Trio play Mozart's Piano Trio in B flat, at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Show more
The SWR Symphony Orchestra play Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, plus Britten from Barry Douglas and the Ulster Orchestra, CPE Bach from Freiburg and music from Latin America. Show more
Tom Service explores musical evocations of wilderness and the natural world, and goes in search of what makes music truly wild. Show more
New vocal ensemble Vox Urbane and Classical Kicks with Lizzie Ball, Miloš Milivojević and Gabriella Swallow. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites to help you unwind, including music by Mascagni, Bach, Ola Gjeilo and Arnold Schoenberg. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Belcea Quartet with Bertrand Chamayou
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
French pianist Bertrand Chamayou joins the renowned British quartet for Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor and César Franck's Quintet in F minor. Show more
Ian McMillan is joined by Ruth Padel, Vik Sharma, Caroline Bergvall and Will Burns. Show more
Champion boxer Len Johnson walks into a bar and orders a drink, but he is turned away because he is Black. This is not unusual in postwar Britain, but what Johnson does next is. Show more
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares the fruits of our latest improvised collaboration session between cosmic jazz duo Exotic Sin and Swiss drummer and percussionist Julian Sartorius. Show more
Devonté Hynes shines a spotlight on overlooked talent with a genre-spanning selection that includes Billy Strayhorn, Empress Of, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Clara Schumann. Show more
Nao and Rod Stryker help you wind down so you can rest well and sleep soundly with a soothing meditation. Show more
Nao and Madeleine Shaw chat about how meditation can help you work through tricky emotions. Show more
Gaia Music Festival from Church Scherzligen, Thun. Jonathan Swain presents Show more
