Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with a vibrant musical mix
3 hours, 1 minute on BBC Radio 3
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Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re gardening or catching up on some chores around the house. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is the prizewinning film producer, writer and charity director Olivia Harrison. Show more
Live from the Wigmore Hall: versatile French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performs Moments musicaux by Schubert and Rachmaninov. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Show more
Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, as both poet and composer in 1300s France, in conversation with Machaut experts Elizabeth Eva Leach and Uri Smilansky. Show more
From the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge, with members of the Rodolfus Foundation Choral Course, and music by Farrant, Blair, Bainton and Bach. Show more
Jazz Record Requests
New discoveries and evergreen classics
59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, including music by Duke Ellington, Ann Burton and Charles Gayle. Show more
Mozart's famous Sinfonia Concertante makes its effect not least through the unusual tuning of one of the solo instruments. Tom Service explains why scordatura is so significant. Show more
Henry Goodman and Grace Cookey-Gam read from authors including George Orwell, Sue Townsend, Penelope Fitzgerald, Jonathan Coe and James Fenton and music commissioned by the BBC. Show more
A montage of memories from friends and admirers of Joe Brainard and his celebrated book I Remember. Show more
Mermaids continue to seduce us. New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes goes mermaid-hunting along the wild north Cornish coast to ask why their appeal continues in the 21st century. Show more
Inspired by his Birmingham roots, Roderick Smith’s fierce and funny Brummie verse-dramatisation of Homer's epic poem The Iliad brings new life to the Trojan War. Show more
Record Review Extra
Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet
2 hours, 19 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet. Show more
Palestinian artist YA Z AN discovers the soothing sounds of the streets and hills of his hometown, Ramallah, Palestine. Using binaural technology, he creates immersive soundscapes. Show more
To celebrate the start of Black History Month, Linton Stephens puts together a classical playlist of black women composers for 1xtra Breakfast presenter Nadia Jae. Show more
Through the Night
Augustin Hadelich plays Dvořák's Violin Concerto
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
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Italian-German violinist Augustin Hadelich joins the WDR Symphony Orchestra and conductor Cristian Măcelaru for a concert recorded in the Philharmonie, Cologne. Show more