BBC R3 Hannah French explores plainchant in music for Easter, heard in its original single line as a cantus firmus and as settings of the text which transition from Lent to Easter. 2026-04-06 From the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge on Easter Day, with music by Wood and Elgar. 2026-04-06 For a year during World War II, an unremarkable residence in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, became an epicentre of Western music and literature. 2026-04-06 Readings from Natalie Simpson and Ray Fearon on the transcendent and numinous, from Shakespeare and Donne to Wordsworth and Larkin. Music from Beethoven to Bruckner. 2026-04-06 1/12. Scottish composer Erland Cooper sits at the helm for this new series, starting simply in the realm of sleep and dreams. Plus we visit the musical safe haven of author Ian Rankin. 2026-04-06 Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. 2026-04-06 Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists. 2026-04-06 The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Daniel Harding are joined by Orfeó Català and soloists Johanna Wallroth and Avery Amereau in Mahler's Resurrection Symphony. 2026-04-06 Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-04-06 Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. 2026-04-06 Radio 3 New Generation Artist, tenor Santiago Sanchez, in a live recital from Wigmore Hall with pianist Ian Tindale, plus Chopin from LSO St Luke's and music inspired by the past. 2026-04-06 1/5. Donald Macleod explores the early life of George Gershwin, the composer of the American 'melting pot'. 2026-04-06 Live music from pianist Nicholas McCarthy and soprano Louise alder with Joseph Middleton. 2026-04-07 Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 2026-04-07 The world-renowned Tallis Scholars explore music inspired by miraculous events in the life of Jesus in works by Tallis, Victoria and Gabrieli along with Judith Weir and Arvo Pärt. 2026-04-07 Renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber talks to Kate Kennedy about the injury which forced him to stop playing. Where does this leave a musician's relationship with their instrument? 2026-04-07 Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. 2026-04-07 Soweto is back with another week of top picks from the UK and international jazz scenes, and emerging jazz saxophonist Allexa Nava celebrates some of the artists that inspire her. 2026-04-07 The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Szymanowski's Stabat Mater. Soprano Amanda Majeski later joins the orchestra for Mahler's 4th Symphony. 2026-04-07 Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-04-07 Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. 2026-04-07 Liszt and Rachmaninov take inspiration from ancient plainsong and Stravinsky looks to the past for his commedia dell'arte infused ballet Pulcinella, plus Chopin from Perth. 2026-04-07 2/5. Donald Macleod explores the years after George Gershwin's huge success with Rhapsody in Blue. 2026-04-07 Live music from bass baritone Tristan Hambleton and pianist Simon Lepper. 2026-04-08