Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites. Show more
Donald Macleod and William Lyons explore the wealth of medieval music written in Mary’s honour, and the emerging tradition of lullabies to the infant Jesus. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Belfast International Arts Festival 2023 (3/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
From the 2023 Belfast International Arts Festival, Elisabeth Brauss plays Schumann's Carnaval, and the Chaos Quartet perform Fanny Hensel's String Quartet in E flat. Show more
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs Elgar's Symphony No.2. Plus, brass music from the Wallberg Band. Show more
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Radio 3 in Concert
Debussy and Shostakovich
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
Martyn Brabbins conducts evocative music by Debussy, and both of Shostakovich’s Piano Concertos, in one sparkling concert with pianist Federico Colli and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd. Show more
JG Ballard's 1973 novel follows a group of people who re-enact car crashes involving Hollywood celebrities like James Dean and Jayne Mansfield. David Cronenberg filmed it in 1996. Show more
David Aaronovitch explores EP Thompson's classic work of social history The Making of the English Working Class. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
Lose yourself in all manner of ambient and experimental worlds of sound with Elizabeth Alker, across minimalist seas, molten drones, imaginary landscapes and dream spaces. Show more
Wind music by Edward Elgar, Paul Taffanel, Malcolm Arnold, Franz Strauss, François René Gebauer, Philippe Gaubert and Karl Joachim Andersen, performed in Zurich. Show more