BBC R3 Jess Gillam is joined by the Scottish jazz pianist and composer Fergus McCreadie for a listening party, featuring music by Brahms, Saariaho and Scott Walker. 2026-10-25 Lisette Oropesa stars as Alcina and Emily D'Angelo as the knight Ruggiero in Handel's Alcina - a tale of love, sorcery and betrayal on a magical island. 2026-10-25 Lopa Kothari presents the best in folk and roots-based music from around the world, including a live session from Belarusian-Polish band Hajda Banda. 2026-10-25 Composer Daniel Kidane shares his essential listening with Tom Service. Plus, performances from the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra directed by vibraphonist Orphy Robinson. 2026-10-25 María Dueñas is the soloist with the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Plus orchestral works by Von Suppé, Johann Strauss (II) and Josef Strauss. 2026-10-25 Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-10-25 Join Sarah Walker for a Sunday mix, from Baroque brilliance and medieval choral music to Russian symphonic drama, plus a little encouragement to enjoy that extra hour in bed. 2026-10-25 Michael Berkeley's guest is the comedy performer, writer and Monty Python star Eric Idle. 2026-10-25 Sara Mohr-Pietsch navigates a musical pathway to Gustav Mahler's Nachtmusik, the second movement from his Seventh Symphony. 2026-10-25 Clive Myrie talks with people of colour about their lives as classical musicians. 2026-10-25 Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, including cuts from Duke Ellington, The Vampires, Madeline Bell and more. 2026-10-26 Hannah French talks to organist William Whitehead about the 17th-century composer John Lugge, who spent most of his life working at Exeter Cathedral. 2026-10-26 From the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, with music by Weelkes, Harwood, Oliver Tarney and Howells. 2026-10-26 There is a river in Bristol called the Malago. Small and often overlooked. But now, a group of locals have come together to write songs for it. And every song has a story to tell. 2026-10-26 From the battlefield to the barracks: Catherine Fletcher explores the continuing role of music for soldiers. 2026-10-26 The readers Anton Lesser and Josette Simon with poems and prose, such as Roger McGough and Emily Brontë, alongside music evoking autumn, including Vivaldi and Elena Kats-Chernin. 2026-10-26 From ancient curses to mysterious chasms, Hannah Peel plays pieces inspired by myth and legend. 2026-10-26 Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. 2026-10-26 Elizabeth Alker shares a playlist of late-night ambient music and genre-defying releases, and is joined by 6 Music host Zakia, who shares a track that transports her. 2026-10-26 Concerto Copenhagen with director and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen and vocalist Marc Mauillon perform music by Rore, Marini, Strozzi, Peri, Castello, Caccini and Monteverdi. 2026-10-26 Al Ryan presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-10-26 Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. 2026-10-26 The Orsino Ensemble play wind music by Barber, Nielsen and a UK premiere of Mark Simpson's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Plus, Gabriela Montero's 'Latin Concerto'. 2026-10-26 Donald Macleod meets the friends (and foes) of composer Clara Schumann. Today, we hear how her husband Robert was entranced from the moment he first heard her play. 2026-10-27