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Start the day on the right note with classical music
Join Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
28 Apr 2026,·180 mins
Restful classical music for a clear head
Clear your mind and reset with this collection of calming classical music.
24 Apr 2026,·180 mins
Immersive music for after-hours
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
27 Apr 2026,·89 mins
Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, chemist
Michael Berkeley's guest is the chemist Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu.
26 Apr 2026,·86 mins
Nicola Benedetti plays Elgar
The Philharmonia performs Elgar, Chaminade and Debussy.
27 Apr 2026,·134 mins
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3
Fabian Müller plays Beethoven's third piano concerto with the German Symphony Orchestra.
28 Apr 2026,·360 mins
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
To the salon!
Saint‑Saëns steps into Paris’s salons as Donald Macleod follows his early career.
28 Apr 2026,·59 mins
1492: The Fall of Granada
It's 1492. Granada has fallen. In the Alhambra, a Moorish musician awaits his fate.
02 May 2026,·56 mins
The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
28 Apr 2026,·210 mins
Forty winks on the high seas
Drift off to the sound of this calming, classical and ambient mix.
27 Apr 2026,·60 mins
Boris Giltburg plays Bartók’s 3rd Piano Concerto from Leipzig
Live performance and specially made concert recordings from home and abroad.
Camilla George performs live with Renato Paris
Live music from saxophonist Camilla George with pianist and vocalist Renato Paris.
28 Apr 2026,·120 mins
Reflective piano sounds to help guide focus
Settle into a reflective mix of classical and contemporary piano music.
23 Apr 2026,·120 mins
Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Live from the Chapel of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
22 Apr 2026,·59 mins
A plague on both your houses
Music in the time of plague.
26 Apr 2026,·59 mins
Half an hour of the finest classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
28 Apr 2026,·30 mins
Borderless blends
Elizabeth Alker with brand new music from artists and composers defying genre conventions.
26 Apr 2026,·60 mins
Bellini's La Sonnambula
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, starring Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga.
25 Apr 2026,·208 mins
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Sara Mohr-Pietsch surveys the landscape of Bach's iconic Toccata and Fugue for organ.
26 Apr 2026,·89 mins
Respighi's ballet "La Boutique Fantasque" in Building a Library with Ben Gernon and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with a thorough listen through the week's new releases.
25 Apr 2026,·119 mins
Just Williams
From Shakespeare to Richmal Crompton and Billy Collins; Bach, Walton to Grace Williams.
26 Apr 2026,·74 mins
Terry Riley: In C
Ivan Hewett examines the chord of C major as found in Terry Riley's In C.
13 Jan 2017,·15 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Soundtrack for a rainy day ft. Jarvis Cocker
Erland Cooper selects songs inspired by petrichor, the smell of rain falling on dry ground
25 Apr 2026,·60 mins
Jools and guests share their musical favourites
Jools is joined by singer and bandleader Rolf Stahlhofen.
25 Apr 2026,·59 mins
Ten Minute Meditations - Series 6
Nurture kindness and compassion: Sharon Salzberg
Find kindness and compassion for yourself and others with this guided meditation.
03 May 2026,·10 mins
Enrich your morning with enchanting harmonies
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead.
27 Apr 2026,·180 mins
Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly
Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend.
25 Apr 2026,·180 mins
Jess Gillam with... Laura Mvula
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with singer-songwriter and composer Laura Mvula.
09 May 2026,·60 mins
Héloïse Werner's Listen List
Kate Molleson talks to Héloïse Werner about her Listen List.
25 Apr 2026,·120 mins
Pierre Boulez: Sensual intellectualism
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th Century.
29 Mar 2026,·59 mins
