Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Classical soundtrack for your morning
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for 12 months
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Donald Macleod follows Rorem’s career and personal life in his final decades. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto
2 hours, 32 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 12 months
BBC Concert Orchestra and Rupert Marshall Luck perform Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto, plus Ukrainian folk song from the Orchestra of Folk and Popular Music of Ukrainian Radio. Show more
At the back row of the orchestra, usually three in number, sit the trombone section, but why three and how long have they been there? Tom Service considers their history and purpose. Show more
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Classical music for your journey, chosen by Radio 3 listeners
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 12 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, chosen by Radio 3 listeners. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Beethoven's Eroica, Ravel's Shéhérazade
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 12 months
Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Alice Mary Smith's Jason Overture, Ravel's ravishing Shéhérazade with mezzo Jennifer Johnston and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. Show more
Ian McMillan presents a special extended interview with American writer Joyce Carol Oates. Show more
Audio-makers from around the world take over The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature – each inspired by one of the five senses. Show more
Late Junction
Bill Orcutt and Still House Plants in session
2 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for 12 months
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares the fruits of our latest special studio collaboration session with eclectic guitarist Bill Orcutt and fractured-garage trio Still House Plants. Show more
Sweet textures and melodies to bring you warmth on brisk autumn days Show more
Through the Night
Kilar, Chopin and Beethoven from Lugano
4 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for 12 months
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana and conductor Krzysztof Urbański in Chopin's Second Piano Concerto. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more
