Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
Sarah Walker chooses two hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re walking your dog or preparing lunch. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: celebrated British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Debussy's Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, exciting young Spanish violinist and current Radio 3 New Generation Artist María Dueñas plays sonatas by Beethoven, Schubert and Debussy. Show more
International performer & lecturer Sietz de Vries takes Hannah French on an organ tour of Groningen province to explore its still thriving tradition of improvisation. Show more
From St Giles Church, Cripplegate, London, with the BBC Singers and music by Lucy Walker, Leighton, Elgar and Hovland. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you. Show more
As the BBC Proms begin, Tom Service ponders the seemingly never-ending allure of the orchestra for both composers and audiences, and how and why they've changed over the centuries. Show more
Seroca Davis and Tommy Sim'aan with readings on all things sandy from Robyn Davidson to Alex Garland. Music includes Philip Glass, Naseer Shamma and Handel. Show more
Historian Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens, a century and a half after its premiere at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: Finnish violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto leads the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a concert of works by Beethoven, Vivaldi and Andrea Tarrodi. Show more
Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music, as well as more music from Simon Heighes's pick of Vivaldi recordings. Show more
Iranian Classical Music
Persian Classical Music after the Islamic Revolution
59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Mahsa Vahdat explores the music created after 1979 and the Islamic Revolution, and how, despite restrictions and bans, musicians were still able to write and perform. Show more
Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music. Show more
Through the Night
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Berg and Holst
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Daniel Harding conducts the Swedish RSO with the Women of the Swedish Radio Choir and soprano Johanna Wallroth at the Berwaldhallen, Stockholm. Presented by John Shea. Show more