Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more
Classical Live
The BBC Philharmonic and brilliant BBC string quartet recordings
2 hours, 58 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Elizabeth Alker with the best live recordings from home and abroad, including Brahms's 2nd Piano Concerto. Show more
Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life. Today, his 'domineering and difficult, yet devoted' wife, soprano Pauline de Ahna. Their marriage lasted nearly 55 years. Show more
Sean Rafferty welcomes pianist Arsha Kaviani to the In Tune studio to play live and share the eclectic array of music on his new album. Show more
A playlist of classical favourites and lesser-known gems, including music by Mahler, Saint-Saens and Chaminade.
Producer: Laura Yogasundram
Sofi Jeannin and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform world premieres by Alexander Campkin and Dani Howard alongside Poulenc's ravishing Stabat Mater. Show more
Musician Karine Polwart recounts a unique collaboration during the lockdown of 2020, considering in this essay the power of song to transport us to a place and time. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Soweto Kinch picks a piece to celebrate upcoming talent, and Japanese pianist Hiromi selects another artist that she thinks deserves recognition and respect. Show more
Through the Night
Beethoven and Mendelssohn from St Peter Church, Thônex in Switzerland
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
Beethoven's Septet in E flat and Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat at Thônex Schubertiades. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more