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Essential Classics
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Classical Live
Cellist Abel Selaocoe and the BBC Scottish plus the Nash and Stravinsky from Edinburgh
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music. 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.
Evening soundscape
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
Morning classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
Easter Concert
Wagner opera excerpts with Gun-Brit Barkmin, RAI National Symphony Orchestra & Fabio Luisi
Adventures in sound
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
BBC Philharmonic from Manchester
Shostakovich's response to 'just criticism'.
The eclectic classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.