Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Kate Molleson explores Garcia’s trajectory to the ultimate role as master of music at the cathedral in Rio de Janeiro. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2023 (1/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Mairéad Hickey plays Fauré's Violin Sonata No 1 in A, Cédric Tiberghien performs Schumann's Geister Variations, and Ensemble Diderot play JS Bach's Harpsichord Concerto No 3 in D. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring
3 hours, 1 minute on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Philharmonic Orchestra in Stravinsky's most controversial and seminal work. Also, Black History Month repertoire, including pieces by Florence Price. Show more
Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen perform live in the studio ahead of their Rachmaninov recital at the London Piano Festival. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Classical music for focus or relaxation
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
The BBC Philharmonic and chief conductor John Storgards perform music by Janacek and Tchaikovsky. Dame Sarah Connolly join them for six haunting songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel. Show more
Matthew Sweet looks at the origins of creatures like the witch Baba Yaga and her fearsome hut, Banniks that haunt bathhouses and Rusalkas that threaten a watery demise. Show more
Timon Screech introduces listeners to the sensual experience of the Japanese rains of the fifth month, the samidare, and their impact on Japanese language and culture. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
John Eliot Gardiner conducts his Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in Beethoven's Missa solemnis at the 2022 BBC Proms. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka. Show more