Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites. Show more
Kate Molleson revels in the spry and subtly surprising music of Germaine Tailleferre, with guests Barbara Kelly and Caroline Potter. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
New Generation Artists in Concert (2)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Pianist Eric Lu plays Schumann's Waldscenen, the Aris Quartet perform Schubert's 'Rosamunde' String Quartet, and countertenor Hugh Cutting sings Vaughan Williams's Linden Lea. Show more
Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No 1 at the Proms, plus Chorwerk Ruhr at the Schwetzingen Festival. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Elim Chan ahead of her BBC Prom with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus, live music from the ORA Singers. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Expand your horizons with classical music
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Haydn, Caccini, Boulanger, Vivaldi, da Costa, Bonds, Scarlatti and Beethoven. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a new work by Catherine Lamb and Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony in B minor, ‘Pathétique’. Show more
An intimate portrait of the philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir through her archive and the words of those who knew her or know her work. Show more
Jerry Brotton takes a fresh look at the Italian Renaissance through Benvenuto Cellini, one of its most controversial artists. Also, a painting is found, which might be by Cellini. 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
Alexander Lonquich plays Beethoven Concertos
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
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Alexander Lonquich performs Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos 1, 3, and 5 with the Munich Chamber Orchestra at the Lower Saxony Music Days Festival. Catriona Young presents. Show more