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Brighten your day with classical music
Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
09 Jun 2025,·180 mins
Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
09 Jun 2025,·210 mins
Hilary Cottam
Michael Berkeley's guest is the writer, innovator and social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam.
08 Jun 2025,·86 mins
Float away into a world of classical calm
Relax into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen to help you unwind.
06 Jun 2025,·180 mins
Music for the still of night
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
09 Jun 2025,·89 mins
Rest easy with the ultimate dreamy soundtrack
Peaceful compositions from BBC Introducing with the Shipping Forecast to help you sleep.
09 Jun 2025,·60 mins
Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, from Stockholm
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra perform with Lucas Debargue.
10 Jun 2025,·360 mins
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition with Marina Frolova-Walker & Andrew McGregor
The best recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition to buy, or stream.
07 Jun 2025,·119 mins
Early Music Today
Performance and news from the world of early music.
08 Jun 2025,·59 mins
Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Live from the New York Met, conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson and starring Sonya Yoncheva
07 Jun 2025,·223 mins
World-class classical music – live
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
09 Jun 2025,·120 mins
Canterbury Cathedral
Live from Canterbury Cathedral to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Gibbons.
04 Jun 2025,·59 mins
Classical and contemporary piano gems to centre the mind
A journey through stillness and motion, guided by timeless piano pieces.
05 Jun 2025,·120 mins
Cupertinos choir live at Wigmore Hall in London
Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond.
09 Jun 2025,·176 mins
Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass from Liverpool
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic choir and orchestra perform Beethoven and Janáček
09 Jun 2025,·134 mins
A journey to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores a piece of classical music, mapping it in a musical landscape.
08 Jun 2025,·89 mins
Ten Minute Meditations - Series 5
Prepare like a pro: Don Maherson
Mentally prepare for challenges more effectively with this guided meditation.
08 Jun 2025,·11 mins
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
An Emerging Talent
Donald Macleod traces the musical development of Fanny Mendelssohn.
09 Jun 2025,·59 mins
The eclectic classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
06 Jun 2025,·30 mins
Bradford
Vinette Robinson and Enzo Cilenti with readings and music evoking the 2025 City of Culture
08 Jun 2025,·74 mins
Classical, blues and jazz for the weekend
Jools is ed by musician and composer Joan Armatrading.
07 Jun 2025,·59 mins
Barokksolistene and Sandrine Piau drop in
Hannah French with the best classical music to start your weekend.
07 Jun 2025,·180 mins
Jess Gillam with... Afrodeutsche
Jess Gillam shares favourite music with composer Afrodeutsche.
07 Jun 2025,·60 mins
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
08 Jun 2025,·180 mins
A Whit Friday street party
The day marching brass bands take over the streets.
Unsuk Chin's Xi, plus world premieres by Jessie Marino, Sylvia Lim and Alexander Papp
Unsuk Chin's Xi plus world premieres from Sylvia Lim, Jessie Marino and Alexander Papp.
07 Jun 2025,·105 mins
Schoenberg: Breaking harmony
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
Music for the night
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
17 Nov 2022,·29 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Sounds exploring the beauty in absence
Music shaped by silence and absence, with guest, Actress.
03 May 2025,·60 mins
Modulation Drifts
Elizabeth Alker with music by a new generation of composers who defy classification.
01 Jun 2025,·60 mins
