Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Refresh your morning with classical music
3 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises. Show more
Classical Live
Linton Stephens showcases live music-making from home and abroad
2 hours, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including Mozart and Haydn from London and Shostakovich from Hamburg. Show more
A gopak, a string quartet, a clutch of operas and a trip to Asia find their way into Donald Macleod’s look at the life and music of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Show more
Sean Rafferty meets actor and writer Paterson Joseph, who features in the latest project from Streetwise Opera, celebrating African and Caribbean heritage in Britain. Show more
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
Radio 3 in Concert
The BBC Philharmonic from Manchester
2 hours, 14 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena are reunited for a Mediterranean fiesta. Violinist James Ehnes joins them for virtuosic music by Saint-Saëns and Sarasate. Show more
How can art help us deal with uncertainty in our own lives? Margaret Heffernan explores how an artist knows when to stop. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
'Round Midnight
A dip into Hertfordshire jazz with Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
New music from British clarinettist Emma Johnson. Show more
Violinist Dalibor Karvay joins the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Konstantin Ilievsky in Brahms's Violin Concerto plus Dvorak New World Symphony. Show more
