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Essential Classics
A feast of great music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show. Read more
Nine great reasons to meditate
What meditation means to The Music & Meditation Podcast hosts and how it can help in life
Moon River: The story of the 1962 Oscars Best Song winner
"Wherever you're going, I'm going your way..."
Sound of Cinema Sunday
Full details of Radio 3's all-day celebration of film music.
Ten women composers you should know this International Women's Day.
Meet the women composers whose work will be part of the 2024 BBC Ten Pieces collection.
International Women's Day on Radio 3
A full day of music by women composers on Radio 3 – full details.
Bacon in Moscow – illustrated
How Francis Bacon became the first major Western artist to exhibit solo in the USSR.
Adventures in sound
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
BBC Proms 2023: Paradise and the Peri
A rare chance to hear Schumann's opera-oratorio conducted by Simon Rattle.
Night music
Aldeburgh Festival 2024: Mahler's 4th Symphony
Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Snape Maltings.
The finest classical music for Pride Month
Oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel chooses his favourite classical music for Pride Month
Wind down from work with classical music
The Fieri Consort perform madrigals by Maddalena Casulana.