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, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Sirmen’s early years and her education at one of Venice's famous orphanages. Show more
Live from the Wigmore Hall, the Radio 3 New Generation Artists play Janacek's String Quartet No 1 'Kreutzer Sonata' and Schumann's String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3. Show more
Walton's Violin Concerto with soloist James Ehnes and the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds. Also, throughout the week, Rachmaninov's Vespers with Berlin Radio Chorus. Show more
New Generation Artists
Janacek's Piano Sonata 'From the Street'
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 9 months
Chamber music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: Tom Borrow plays Janacek's Piano Sonata 1.x.1905 'From the street' written as a tribute to a young worker bayoneted to death. Show more
Sean Rafferty speaks to composer Theo Jamieson, and there's live music from cellist Zlatomir Fung. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Expand your horizons with classical music
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 9 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Radio 3 in Concert
Liszt and Shostakovich from the Berlin Philharmonic
1 hour, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 9 months
The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, are joined by Alexandre Kantorow in Liszt’s Piano Concerto no 2 and Shostakovich’s Symphony no 4 in C minor Op 43. Show more
A reflective service of night prayer for the first week of Lent from All Saints Church, Tooting, London, with music by Byrd and Judith Ward sung by Siglo de Oro. Show more
Tom Service joins the creatives behind Six: The Musical, the composer Rufus Wainwright, and others, to explore the vibrant ecology of musical theatre over the past three centuries Show more
Unhappy at boarding school in England, his family far away in Africa, Adrian remembers his first dance at the school disco and the moment that signalled the end of his childhood. 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
2023 BBC Proms: Sibelius's Symphony No 1
6 hours
on BBC Radio 3Available for 9 months
The BBC Philharmonic and Chief Conductor John Storgårds are joined by Canadian violinist James Ehnes in Walton’s fiercely direct Violin Concerto. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more
