Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Georgia Mann, plus a special feature for Mental Health Awareness Week
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music. And at 11.30am, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, there's a live meditation over music given by meditation expert Maude Hirst. Show more
Donald Macleod is joined by Sir Matthew Bourne and Dame Monica Mason to discuss Tchaikovsky’s final ballet. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Mediterranean Baroque - Forma Antiqva
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Hannah French journeys to Madrid's instrumental music gatherings in the mid-18th century with Spanish baroque ensemble Forma Antiqva in music from José de Nebra to Boccherini. Show more
Fiona Talkington concludes a week of Afternoon Concert featuring the Ulster Orchestra performing at Ulster Hall, Belfast. Today, it's Mozart Symphony No 36, 'Linz'. Show more
Tom Service examines the intimate relationship between music and our minds. How does music affect our mental health? How do we use music to alter or deepen the way we feel? Show more
With Sean Rafferty, pianist Hélène Grimaud plays the songs of Silvestrov, and baritenor Michael Spyres reinvents the Baroque repertoire. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Sean Rafferty's classical mix for Mental Health Awareness Week
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Sean Rafferty's mix of music to help soothe your soul. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in the beguiling and beautiful music of the contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Show more
Ian McMillan explores the monstrous entities that haunt the human imagination, the monstrous labels we impose on the other and new forms of monstrosity in our modern era. Show more
Edmund's series on the theme of how pots tell the story of migration reaches the present day with a consideration of the work of the remarkable Magdalene Odundo. Show more
Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from stand-up comedian, record producer and head honcho behind the 40-strong international music collective Temps, James Acaster. Show more
Devonté Hynes shares music that he loves and and which helps him drift off into another world. The selection includes Franz Schubert, Sun Ra, Hiroshi Yoshimura and Alice Coltrane. Show more
Drift off to the City of Angels with Jacob Lusk from Gabriels, featuring a carefully curated playlist of calming piano music. Show more
Shostakovich, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Mahler with Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä. Danielle Jalowiecka presents. Show more
