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 4 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, including a performance of Ravel from the BBC Symphony Orchestra
2 hours, 58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 4 months
Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, featuring live recordings from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Show more
Donald Macleod delves into a period when Lou Harrison was taught by Arnold Schoenberg. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by flautist Lisa Friend and her Trio, playing live in the studio ahead of their appearance later this week at the Bradfield Festival in South Yorkshire. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Singers at Aldeburgh Festival
2 hours, 14 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 4 months
Judith Weir’s oratorio charts the changing seasons of the year and is complemented by Haydn’s 'Sunrise' Quartet and Messiaen’s Cinq rechants – a masterpiece of 20th-century music. Show more
Angeline Morrison discusses the song 'The Lark in the Morning' in the village of St Mawgan in Cornwall. Show more
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Nubya Garcia's guest is bassist Daniel Casimir. Show more
Through the Night
Handel and Bach from the 2021 BBC Proms
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Available for 4 months
The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in a programme of Handel and Bach from the 2021 BBC Proms. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more