Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Essential Classics
Your perfect classical playlist
3 hours, 30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 4 months
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Classical Live
Specially recorded music from this year's Hay Festival plus music with strong English connections
2 hours, 58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 4 months
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances in unique recordings, including highlights from last month's Hay Festival and recordings of music by English composers. Show more
By 1623 Orlando Gibbons had consolidated his position as the leading musician in the land, but there was considerable turmoil in the court. Show more
Sean Rafferty introduces live music from the In Tune studio, including a performance by pianist Ariel Lanyi.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. Show more
Friday Night is Music Night
Stage and Screen
2 hours, 14 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 4 months
Singers Tim Howar and Juliette Crosbie join Stephen Bell and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in classics from stage and screen. Presented by Clare Teal. Show more
Michael Goldfarb looks at the influence of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg on postwar US non-conformists and the emergence of the Beat Generation. Show more
Verity Sharp charts another musical journey around the waters of adventurous music, from late-night oud solos to wordless opera, and some windy tracks for National Wind Day. Show more
Live recordings from saxophonist Camilla George's set at Tampere Jazz Festival. Show more
Arte dei Suonatori in an all-CPE Bach programme from Poland’s Actus Humanus Festival, with Marcin Świątkiewicz on the harpsichord. Penny Gore presents. Show more