BBC R3 Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-05-20 Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. 2026-05-20 Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including orchestral works from the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music led by Sir Antonio Pappano. 2026-05-20 From St Paul's Church Knightsbridge, London, with the BBC Singers, with music by Lucy Walker and Cheryl Frances Hoad. 2026-05-20 3/5. Palestrina is employed by popes and princes, with his fame spreading beyond Rome: Donald Macleod sees how he is now working on the reformation of music after the Council of Trent. 2026-05-20 Petroc Trelawny visits the Cutty Sark to hear about an immersive production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and violinist Daniel Pioro and harpsichordist David Gordon perform live. 2026-05-20 Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 2026-05-20 The Ulster Orchestra is joined by a stellar line-up of soloists for Stravinsky's witty Pulcinella and a performance of Schubert's majestic Symphony No. 9, The Great. 2026-05-20 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 Billie Holiday in love. 2026-05-20 Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. 2026-05-20 London-based drummer, percussionist and bandleader Jas Kayser is sitting in for Soweto Kinch, sharing some of the exciting jazz releases from the UK and around the world. 2026-05-20 Kent Nagano conducts the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin in Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Later, Mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter joins the orchestra for Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. 2026-05-20 Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-05-21 Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. 2026-05-21 Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including orchestral works from the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music led by Sir Antonio Pappano. 2026-05-21 4/5. A lifelong friendship, a papal jubilee, and a revamped St Peter's, but also some hard-hitting losses... Donald Macleod sees why Palestrina is considering becoming a priest. 2026-05-21 Actor Alan Cumming on his inaugural season as Artistic Director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. 2026-05-21 Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 2026-05-21 The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elena Schwarz performs Adams's pulsating Harmonielehre, Du Yun's Hundred Heads and, with soloist Steven Banks, Billy Child's Diaspora. 2026-05-21 Dr Rommi Smith examines a key moment in the life and work of five Black female musicians. Today she considers the political awakening of Nina Simone. 2026-05-21 Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. 2026-05-21 Jas Kayser, in for Soweto Kinch, presents another hour of the best in jazz, and Louis Hayes returns with his fourth 4/4 selection of the week. 2026-05-21