BBC R3 Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-05-19 Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. 2026-05-19 Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including orchestral works from the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music led by Sir Antonio Pappano. 2026-05-19 2/5. As young Palestrina makes a name for himself in Rome, Donald Macleod opens the venerable score of the Mass which is considered to have marked a turning point in music history. 2026-05-19 Live music from cellist Ariana Kashefi and pianist Petr Limonov. Madison Leonard and Oleksiy Palchykov on starring in La traviata. 2026-05-19 Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 2026-05-19 The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, presents a concert as part of a five-day long festival to mark the installation of a new organ in the College Chapel. 2026-05-19 Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment of five Black female musicians, revealing lesser-known aspects of their life and work. Today she considers Big Mama Thornton. 2026-05-19 Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. 2026-05-19 London-based drummer, percussionist and bandleader Jas Kayser, sitting in for Soweto Kinch, spotlights some of the new jazz releases and classics that she has been enjoying. 2026-05-19