Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
This week, Sarah Walker's Sunday escape is Handel's Largo, Ombra mai fu. Show more
Michael Berkeley talks to Bernard Cornwell, author of 'The Last Kingdom' and the Sharpe novels, who chooses a selection of music including Faure and Mozart. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London, South-African soprano Golda Schultz sings Mozart, Schubert, Beach and Carter. Show more
Lucie Skeaping with a concert from Windsor Castle given by Ashley Solomon, Chi-chi Nwanoku and Julian Perkins performing on three instruments from the Royal Collection. Show more
An Archive service first broadcast in 1988 from the Queen's Free Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle. Show more
Highlights include a sumptuous dawn chorus from Purcell and the full-throated thrill of Wagner's majestic Pilgrims' Chorus. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Show more
The Listening Service
Sonata Form - or There and Back Again
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 3Available for over a year
In this edition of The Listening Service, Tom Service explores sonata form, used by composers to tell compelling musical stories. How can you hear them? How is it done? Show more
Samuel West and Hattie Morahan with poems and prose on love from young to old with poetry by Shakespeare, John Donne and Elizabeth Jennings and music by Ravel, Mahler and Tavener. Show more
Robert Worby on how post-war German radio and new music were conscripted to fight the cultural cold war, juggling political, economic and cultural forces outside of their control. Show more
Clemency Burton-Hill presents highlights of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann. Show more
An award-winning stage play by one of Europe's most celebrated playwrights. Jon Fosse's work has been seen across the world in over 900 productions. Translated by Gregory Motton. Show more
Early Music Late
Accademia del Piacere and Nuria Rial at the Pyrenees Fesitval of Early Music
1 hour
on BBC Radio 3
Elin Manahan Thomas presents a concert from 2017's Pyrenees Festival of Early Music, centred around the music of Sebastian Duron. Show more
Symphonies by two of Bach's sons, Carl Philipp Emanuel and the lesser known Johann Christian Friedrich. Show more
Catriona Young presents a concert of music by Krenz, Penderecki and Rihm from Poland, performed by the Royal String Quartet and accordionist Maciej Flavin. Show more
