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Alexander's Feast from the 2025 BBC Proms
At the 2025 Proms, the Irish Baroque Orchestra & Chorus perform Handel's Alexander's Feast
Roll out of bed into classical music
Join Hannah French every Saturday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
Pianist Dame Imogen Cooper on life beyond the concert hall
Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend.
Jools meets Simon Le Bon
Jools is joined by the Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon.
1846: A Birmingham Oratorio
1846, Birmingham. The premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah puts the city on the musical map.
Walton's Belshazzar's Feast in Building a Library with David Owen Norris and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases.
Edith speaks to composer Rupert Gregson-Williams about Practical Magic 2
Your weekly journey through the world of film music, presented by Edith Bowman.
Jess Gillam... with Simone Dinnerstein
Jess Gillam is joined by American pianist Simone Dinnerstein for a listening party.
Bellini's I Puritani
Lisette Oropesa stars as Elvira in Bellini's bel canto masterpiece from The Royal Opera.
Anatolian vocals and sitar serenades
Lopa Kothari presents the best in folk and roots-based music from around the world.
Transformations and Litanies
Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 1
Truls Mørk performs in Shostakovich's first cello concerto.
