Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Classical soundtrack for your morning
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for 7 months
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 relationship between Beethoven and his most important patron - Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Show more
Prizewinning young Israeli pianist Ariel Lanyi performs Beethoven's great 'Hammerklavier' Sonata at Perth Concert Hall. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathétique'
2 hours, 1 minute on BBC Radio 3
Available for 7 months
Clemens Schuldt conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique', and the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers. Show more
Live from Portsmouth Cathedral on All Saints’ Day, with works by Becky McGlade, Bryan Kelly, Harris, and Jackson. Show more
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Music from Finland by Sibelius and Rautavaara
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 7 months
The BBC Philharmonic and John Storgards in music by Rautavaara and Sibelius. They are joined by violinist Tobias Feldmann for Sofia Gubaidulina's concerto, "In Tempus Praesens". Show more
Chris Harding reads from The End of August, a new novel by Yu Miri, and explores the legacy of earthquakes in Japan. Show more
Kenneth Steven considers the introduction of wild animals back into the Highlands of Scotland and the impact on rural life, reflecting in poetry at the end of each Essay. 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
Ivan Fedele, Schumann and Franck from Milan
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for 7 months
Cellist Pablo Ferrández joins the Orchestra of La Scala Milan and conductor Riccardo Chailly in Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor. John Shea presents. Show more