Breakfast
Classical music to brighten your morning
2 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Great classical music for your morning
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises. Show more
Kate Molleson explores the multiple legends and lore of Igor Stravinsky, from fables and rituals, to folk tales, myths and religious ceremonies. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Fabio Biondi plays Paganini
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
A tribute to the legendary violinist and composer Paganini, live from London's Wigmore Hall. Celebrated Italian violinist Fabio Biondi is joined by guitarist Giangiacomo Pinardi. Show more
Afternoon Concert
Sibelius's Violin Concerto
2 hours, 31 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
Violinist Julia Fischer plays Sibelius's brooding and passionate concerto, and there's music by Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Arvo Part. Show more
New Generation Artists
Niamh O'Sullivan sings Sondheim and Jerome Kern
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
Chamber music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: Niamh O'Sullivan sings songs by Sondheim and Jerome Kern, the Leonkoro Quartet plays Ravel, and jazz from Fergus McCreadie. Show more
Jazz harpist and singer Tara Minton performs live in the studio tonight with percussionist David Ingamells. Show more
Half an hour of back-to-back classical music to help you wind down at the end of the day, including works by Vaughan Williams, John Barry and Lili Boulanger. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 7 months
Nicholas Collon conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, and Augustin Hadelich plays Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 2. Show more
Music Matters
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Alice Sara Ott, Bryce Dessner
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Tom Service talks to pianist Alice Sara Ott and composer Bryce Dessner about a new piano concerto he's written for her, plus Jean-Yves Thibaudet on Debussy Préludes. Show more
The Essay
A Circumnavigation of the British Isles in Five Traditional Boats
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Pilot Gig
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Annamaria Murphy writes an essay about the Cornish gig, the elegant six-oared boat that sped to approaching ships to get the pilot aboard, to trade, and was used as a lifeboat. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
La Cetra Baroque Choir and Orchestra Basel perform Buxtehude's cantata cycle in Arlesheim Cathedral, Switzerland. Presented by John Shea. Show more
