Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Relax into the day with classical
3 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Grieg encounters two musicians who seek to express in music the spirit of Norway. One is a towering figure in Norwegian culture, the other a young upstart. With Donald Macleod. Show more
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom
2 hours, 14 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Julia Sporsen, Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra in music by Sibelius and contemporaries. Also the world premiere of Dominique le Gendre's Concerto for Orchestra. Show more
Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC and how by the 1930s the BBC had become a powerful influence on national taste, being urged to do more for British music. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Soweto Kinch picks the best jazz with a special focus on new music from the UK. This week's 4/4 guest is saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi. Tonight she chooses a track by Kenny Wheeler. Show more
Soundeum Chamber Ensemble performs Alfred Schnittke’s Moz-Art à la Haydn. They are joined by violinist Sergey Malov at the Braunwald Music Week festival in Switzerland. Show more