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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a celebration of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme and music from Switzerland.

4/5. As World War I ravaged France, Ravel was determined to serve his country. Few were convinced he was up to the rigours of life near the front line. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Katie Derham has live music from cellist Gary Hoffman and pianist David Selig.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Franck, Tarrega and Charlotte Sohy.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Mendez. Respighi, a premiere by James Lee III, and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 2 with Yeol Eum Son.

Natasha Loges on Chiquinha Gonzaga - the woman who forged the sound of the Rio carnival.

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

A piece from the legendary drummer's 2017 album the Source.

Mezzo-soprano Svetlina Stoyanova with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra in an Opera Gala concert performed at the Apollonia Festival of Arts in Sozopol.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a celebration of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme and music from Switzerland.

5/5. On Ravel's 150th birthday, Donald Macleod follows the composer through his later years and we see him overcome tragedy and sickness to produce some of is most celebrated works.

Katie Derham introduces live music from the In Tune studio including the Erda Ensemble plus the Alison Rayner Quintet.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including music by Amy Beach and Bach.

Highlights from last night's annual Royal Philharmonic Society Awards given at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and introduced for Radio 3 by Andrew McGregor.

Natasha Loges on the life and music of American composer-pianist Philippa Schuyler.

Verity Sharp presents a remote collaboration session between underground Brazilian producer Felinto and Iranian kamancheh virtuoso and sonic experimentalist Saba Alizadeh.

Music recorded in Gateshead by the group Sloth Racket, who are celebrating ten years together.

Lauma Skride plays Fanny Hensel's piano cycle The Year. This is followed by Aziza Sadikova's reimagining of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the German Symphony Orchestra.

Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music. Today, for International Women's Day, we celebrate inspirational women doing inspiring things.

Tom Service meets trailblazing soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, and pianist Siwan Rhys premieres Radio 3's commission for International Women's Day by Sarah Frances Jenkins.

For International Women's Day, Jools is joined by Grammy-nominated Scottish musician KT Tunstall who shares music she loves by Laurie Anderson and the Bulgarian women's choir.

Jenni Murray is joined by director Jude Kelly and lecturer Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason to explore the impact of parents, siblings, partners and children on the careers of women composers.

Andrew McGregor features the latest classical releases for International Women's Day. Laura Tunbridge joins Andrew to discuss lieder by Clara Schumann in Building a Library.

Matthew Sweet's exclusive interview with composer Laura Karpman for International Women's Day. Laura was nominated for an Academy Award in 2024 and for a Grammy Award in 2025.

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, including music by Saariaho, Rachmaninov and Beyoncé.

Ethel Smyth's one-act dramatic opera set in a German forest in the Middle Ages. John Andrews conducts the international cast with the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor Anja Bihlmaier joins them for music by Neuwirth, Gubaidulina, Gibson and Mayer.

On International Women's Day, Lopa Kothari picks music from around the world performed by some of her favourite female musicians.

Kate Molleson celebrates International Women's Day 2025 on the New Music Show, with a selection of cutting-edge live recordings and new releases, all by women composers.

Tenor Mihael Strnisa and pianist Simon Dvorsak perform song cycles by Vaughan Williams and Schubert. Penny Gore presents.

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're preparing for a day out or enjoying a long lie in.

Michael Berkeley's guest is the presenter and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch sets out on a journey of musical sightseeing, guided by Gershwin's fusion of European symphonic music and American jazz, Rhapsody in Blue.

Live from Truro Cathedral on Ash Wednesday, with music by Gibbons and Buxtehude.

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles including music from Blossom Dearie, Emma Rawicz, Esperanza Spalding, Ivy Benson, Nina Simone and more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk.

Hannah French is joined by members of Stile Antico to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Music by Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gluck and Bill Withers and readings performed by Pearl Mackie and Matthew Tennyson include Oscar Wilde, Noel Streatfield, William Golding.

Janina Ramirez uncovers a 500-year-old story about a woman who chose to run away from this world by bricking herself into a tiny cell for life in the middle of a busy Dutch city.

Drama-documentary inspired by the defection of North Korea's Deputy Ambassador to the UK, interwoven with accounts of people who made the journey from North Korea to the UK.

A reflective service of night prayer for the first Sunday in Lent, from the Church of St Bartholomew the Great, London.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Paola Mendoza - film director, activist, author and co-founder of The Resistance Revival Chorus - chooses a track that transports her.

Cellist Andrei Ionita and friends play Brahms and Saint-Saëns including Carnival of the Animals at a concert in the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. Penny Gore presents.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Connie Shih perform Prokofiev and Kabalevsky live in concert, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto from soloist Vilde Frang.

1/5. From a Midwest Methodist family to the mystical salons of Chicago's bohemian scene, Kate Molleson follows the first steps of Ruth Crawford in life...and in composition.

Ian Skelly is joined in the studio by cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

John Toal introduces the Calidore Quartet in an all-Beethoven programme at the Portico of Ards in County Down: a beautiful Greek-style church on the shores of Strangford Lough.

Essays on the small, underappreciated aspects of famous artistic pieces.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

'Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. British bassist and composer Orlando Le Fleming is this week's guest on the 4/4 series.

A concert from the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest featuring Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. Penny Gore presents.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney with Brahms and Prokofiev, specially recorded in County Down, and Rachmaninov's 3rd Symphony from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

2/5. A bold and determined young woman, Crawford experiments with sound. Her connection with a new teacher soon evolves into lifelong partnership. Presented by Kate Molleson.

Ian Skelly is joined in the studio by cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of favourites by Carl Orff, Bach, Stravinsky, Liszt, Lehar, Marguerite Monnot and Barber.

Bertrand Chamayou joins the BBC Philharmonic and Mark Wigglesworth for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G; Boulez's meditative 'Rituel in memorian Bruno Maderna' opens the programme.

Essays on the small, underappreciated aspects of famous artistic pieces.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Hear the duo's track Winter in America ahead of Brian playing We Out Here festival.