Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the composers who fought to keep light music alive in the wake of dramatic shifts in the social lives of people in Britain. Show more
Sarah Walker presents highlights from this summer's Schwetzingen Festival. Today's programme includes Mozart from Christian Blackshaw and Beethoven's mighty Septet. Show more
The Philharmonia Orchestra, with conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and pianist Seong-Jin Cho, perform music by Elgar, Chopin and Strauss at the BBC Proms. Show more
The Listening Service
Playing at sight and playing from memory
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service flexes his musical memory muscles whilst also improving his sight reading. Show more
Katie Derham with pianists James McVinnie and Maki Namekawa, actor Charlotte Ritchie and Aurora Orchestra member Jane Mitchell, and the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra. Show more
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including pieces by Bach, Haydn, Ravel, and Janáček, plus music from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: Anthony Parnther conducts Chineke! Orchestra in music by Valerie Coleman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Haydn and Beethoven. Show more
For musician Cosmo Sheldrake, the process of making an album of endangered birdsong has opened up a whole new way of thinking about music and the sound worlds we are losing. Show more
How is colour created, and how can it be used? And how does it feel to spend a career working with colour? Show more
The early powerful ruler who summoned spirits as well as armies. Show more
Late Junction
Introducing Casseptember! Sixty years of cassette tape culture
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Verity Sharp begins a month of shows celebrating the impact of the cassette tape on audio culture and music. Introducing: Casseptember! Show more
Take a deep breath with Ólafur Arnalds and a selection of soothing music inspired by the body. Plus, composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith transports us to her ‘Safe Haven’. Show more
Happy Harmonies with Laufey
Vol 6: Divine harmonies from musical theatre
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Laufey dives into the world of musicals with dazzling tunes from Company, West Side Story, Rent and more. Plus, an exclusive track from Laufey herself.
Through the Night
Husum Piano Festival from Schloss vor Husum with Matthias Kirschnereit
4 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for years
Matthias Kirschnereit plays works by Clementi, Beethoven, Tomkins and Busoni. Danielle Jalowiecka presents. Show more
