Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
The best classical morning music
3 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Classical Live
The Takacs Quartet live from the Wigmore Hall and a musical celebration of spring
2 hours, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, featuring the Takacs Quartet. Show more
Donald Macleod explores spring in the life of Antonio Vivaldi, and his early years in Venice working at the Ospedale della Pietà. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by Paul Agnew, who is conducting Platée, by Jean-Philippe Rameau, at Garsington Opera. Tenor Samuel Boden, who appears in the production, sings live. Show more
Classical Mixtape
Switch up your listening with classical music
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Loewe, Rossini, Scarlatti, Faure, Tchaikovsky, Alberga, and Mozart. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Ravel, Fazil Say and Rachmaninoff
2 hours, 14 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for 5 months
The London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antonio Pappano Pappano are joined by the charismatic violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja for a colourful and exciting programme. Show more
Ruth Montgomery is a profoundly deaf flautist. Describing the hurdles she faced to become a music educator for deaf children, she muses on the importance of music to all our lives. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Arooj Aftab picks a record from her personal collection. Show more
Pianist Angela Hewitt performs excerpts from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier and French Overture in B minor. Presented by John Shea. Show more
