Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Celebrating classical greats
3 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 6 months
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Classical Live
The Luxembourg Philharmonic plays Schubert’s 9th Symphony and Ravel's Shéhérazade, plus Mozart from the Van Kuijk Quartet
2 hours, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 6 months
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups including Schubert’s 9th Symphony from Luxembourg. Show more
Debussy ascends to a new level of fame as his opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered, but more lies and duplicity from the composer have tragic repercussions. Show more
Katie Derham meets conductor Paul McCreesh to talk about his new recording of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. Plus, there’s live music from the Kukal Quartet.
Radio 3 in Concert
Jader Bignamini conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
2 hours, 14 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 6 months
Jader Bignamini conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in French music: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Poulenc’s Gloria, with the BBC Symphony Chorus, plus music by Camille Pépin. Show more
Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a letter to a young composer. Sally Beamish looks back on her life in light of a recent discovery. 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 the UK. Guest - Robert Mitchell. Show more
The Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus, with conductor John Nelson and soloists, perform Handel's Messiah. Penny Gore presents. Show more
