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 familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises. Show more
Classical Live
Elizabeth Alker with exclusive recordings from the BBC Philharmonic
2 hours, 58 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Elizabeth Alker presents a selection of unique recordings, including outstanding quartet playing from the Leonkoro Quartet plus recent recordings from the BBC Philharmonic. Show more
Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life. Today, the Nazi High Command, with whom the composer enjoyed what was, for some, an uncomfortably close relationship. Show more
Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, who plays live in the studio and talks about her new recording of Tudor keyboard music adapted for the modern piano. Show more
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Brahms, Rossini and Tchaikovsky plus music by Gabrieli, Phyllis Tate and Philip Glass. Show more
Radio 3 in Concert
Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem with Meryl Streep
2 hours, 14 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
Dream Requiem: Meryl Streep is the narrator in the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright's setting of the Latin requiem mass, plus Byron's apocalyptic poem Darkness. Show more
Musician Karine Polwart recalls an unexpected musical collaboration during the lockdown of 2020, in this essay, meditating on the sharing of songs as a means to discuss feelings. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
Justin Doyle conducts the RIAS Chamber Choir in mass settings old and new, including works by Victoria, Poulenc, Guerrero and MacMillan. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more
