Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
The very best of classical music
3 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Classical Live
Linton Stephens showcases live music-making from home and abroad including Hindemith from Seoul
1 hour, 58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Linton Stephens introduces a selection of recordings of live music-making including Mozart and Haydn quartets from London and a Hindemith symphony from South Korea. Show more
Live from The King’s Free Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle, with music by Stanford, Wood, Matthew Martin and Harris. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on the career of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and how his music drew upon and depicted centuries of Russian legends and folklore. Show more
Sean Rafferty has live music in the studio from violinist Chloe Hanslip, ahead of her concert with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Manchester.
Classical Mixtape
Classical music for focus or relaxation
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Elgar's Enigma Variations
2 hours, 14 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 5 months
Elgar, Dvorák and Butterworth frame Stephen Hough as soloist in the European premiere of his own Piano Concerto, performed by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder. Show more
How can art help us deal with uncertainty in our own lives? Margaret Heffernan explores how artists tolerate the fear of uncertainty. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Brand new UK jazz with Soweto Kinch, alongside gems from around the world. Show more
The Danish String Quartet has used the story of creation as the framework for this DSQ festival in Copenhagen, featuring music by Missy Mazzoli, Schumann and Brahms. Show more