Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Sunday Morning
A refreshing classical Sunday mix
3 hours, 1 minute
on BBC Radio 3Available for 10 months
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re brewing a pot of tea or solving the Sunday crossword. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is writer Louise Welsh. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Fabio Biondi plays Paganini
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 10 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
The Early Music Show
A new songbook from the 1400s
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Hannah French uncovers the amazing story of a 15th-century songbook rediscovered in 2014, in conversation with Professor Jane Alden of Wesleyan University. Show more
Choral Vespers live from Leeds Cathedral. Show more
Jazz Record Requests
The Good Life: Remembering Tony Bennett
59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 10 months
Alyn Shipton presents your requests for recordings by the celebrated American singer Tony Bennett, in a programme first broadcast shortly after his death in July 2023. Show more
Borrowed from the French, 'Pathétique' means to arouse great passion and emotion. Tom Service examines how this word applies to Tchaikovsky's monumental 6th and final symphony. Show more
The colour of love and war, of passion and blood. With readings from Anne of Green Gables, Claude McKay, Orhan Pamuk and Liz Berry. Music by Vivaldi, John Adams and Tom Waits. Show more
Sunday Feature
Time Canvasses: Morton Feldman and Abstract Expressionism
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
Composer Samuel Andreyev discovers how friendship with Philip Guston and Mark Rothko took American music in new directions as they let the quiet man of music set his sounds free. Show more
A poetic journey through time and the Arctic, looking at climate change, written by Nick Drake and featuring Peter Mullan and Adjoa Andoh. Show more
Record Review Extra
Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E flat, 'Les Adieux'
1 hour, 59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 10 months
Hannah French introduces more from some of the recordings featured in yesterday's Record Review, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work. Show more
The Colours in Sound, with Caroline Shaw
A Rainbow in Tones
59 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 10 months
Caroline Shaw explores how composers use their paint brushes to draw light to hidden qualities within tones. With music from Monteverdi to Messiaen, Debussy to Duke Ellington. Show more
Linton Stephens tries out a classical playlist on comedian Rosie Holt. Show more
Through the Night
Rachmaninov and Mahler at the 2023 BBC Proms
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for 10 months
Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Mark Wigglesworth, alongside Mahler's First Symphony 'Titan'. Show more
