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 3
Available for 5 months
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise. Show more
Donald Macleod follows Stanford’s operatic productions, which included successes in America and Australia. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Pianist Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Kazakhstani pianist Alim Beisembayev presents a programme of Beethoven and Scriabin from the Elgar Concert Hall in Birmingham as part of the Barber Lunchtime Concerts series. Show more
Elgar’s Enigma Variations from the BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth. Plus vocal music for Holy Week by Poulenc, Bach & Casals, and more traditional Croatian folk tunes. Show more
The Office of Tenebrae for Holy Week, live from Westminster Cathedral, London, with music by George Malcolm, Victoria and Anerio. Show more
Composer and conductor John Rutter meets Katie Derham to talk about his upcoming concert in Oxford. Plus, there’s live music from the Sacconi Quartet. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Half an hour of the finest classical music
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including pieces by Satie, Holst, and Julie Cooper Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra goes Stateside
2 hours, 28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Live from Symphony Hall: Ives' 3 Places in New England, Zappa's Bob in Dacron and Sad Jane, George Lewis' Memex and pianist Stewart Goodyear joins for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Show more
Alexandra Harris, Harriet Baker and Julien Clin join Shahidha Bari to discuss ideas of home and heimat, and stories and literary lives that involve moving from city to country. Show more
Might the first Native American Catholic saint have been influenced in her faith by a board game? New Generation Thinker Gemma Tidman explores the power games of C17 missionaries. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Alexander Melnikov and friends perform a chamber programme of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms at the Pau Casal International Music Festival. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka. Show more