Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
The ideal morning mix of classical music
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Composer of the Week's 80th anniversary celebrations continue when Donald Macleod meets one of Wales's pre-eminent living composers, Rhian Samuel. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Wales and West: Brahms and Beethoven
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Sarah Walker presents highlights from music festivals in Wales and the west of England, including works by Brahms, Kodály and Beethoven. Show more
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra, plus music by Renaissance composer Sebastian de Vivanco. Show more
The London Haydn Quartet perform live in the studio ahead of their concerts at the Art Workers Guild, London and Norwich Chapel. Show more
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including works by Philip Glass, Rameau and Mendelssohn. Show more
Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. They are joined by Charles Curtis for Cassandra Miller's Duet for Cello and Orchestra. Show more
Anne McElvoy talks to the philosopher John Gray about why we should look to the seventeenth century political thinker Thomas Hobbes to explain the failures of liberal democracies. Show more
Essays on the underappreciated aspects of well known pieces of culture. Writer Sarfraz Manzoor describes a moment from the film Field of Dreams and what it means to him.
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
Elizabeth Alker with new selections from the worlds of ambient and experimental music, featuring James Blake, Tatsuro Murakami and Courtney Barnett. Show more
Young Canadian cellist Cameron Crozman joins Les Violons du Roy for Haydn's Cello Concerto No 2, along with music by Rameau, Mozart and Gluck. Presented by John Shea. Show more