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You can find here the schedule of BBC Radio 3 one week ahead, and the related important information, like the name of the presenters and the teasers of the programmes. Above the radio programmes, with the radio finder, you can switch to other radios, and with the date option, you can set the starting day of your search. If you find any mistakes in our schedule, like there is other programme in the radio, than in our schedule, or something is missing, please help us by contacting us on the Contact page, and we will fix it as soon as possible. If you would like to see more radios' schedules simultaneously, please visit the general Schedule page.
LIVE - 00:30 - Through the Night
Boston Symphony Orchestra at the 2023 BBC Proms
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins the eminent orchestra for Gershwin's Piano Concerto.
06:30 - Breakfast
Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast
Elizabeth Alker sets up your Saturday morning.
09:00 - Saturday Morning
Tom Service talks to the star tenor Nicky Spence
Tom Service talks to the star tenor Nicky Spence and plays the best classical music.
12:00 - Earlier... with Jools Holland
Jools with some of his most-loved classical recordings
Jools is joined by artist and comedian Jim Moir, with music from Mendelssohn to Messiaen.
13:00 - Music Matters
25 Years of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, The Ramallah Concert
Clemency Burton-Hill recreates one of classical music's most significant concert ... More>>s.
14:00 - Record Review
Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's ... More>> Piano Concerto No 23 in A major.
16:00 - Sound of Cinema
First Women
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
17:00 - This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Neil Tennant
Jess swaps favourite music with singer-songwriter Neil Tennant.
18:00 - Opera on 3
Live from the Met: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
J. David Jackson conducts Gluck's beautiful setting of the ancient tale of Orpheus.
19:50 - New Generation Artists
Konstantin Krimmel sings Schubert's Schwanengesang
100 minutes of sublime Schubert from baritone Konstantin Krimmel and the Consone Quartet.
21:30 - Music Planet
Africa Oyé
Kathryn Tickell with the best roots-based music from across the world.
22:30 - New Music Show
Michael Finnissy's M.I. Musical Intelligence
Michael Finnissy's Musical Intelligence Andreas Dohmen's FPP I (leçons du mardi).
00:30 - Through the Night
Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin from Turin
Nicolas Namoradze joins the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Gershwin's Piano Concerto.
06:30 - Breakfast
Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:00 - Sunday Morning
A refreshing classical Sunday selection
Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
12:00 - Private Passions
Brian Cox
Michael Berkeley's guest is the physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox.
13:30 - Music Map
A journey to Arvo Part's Spiegel im Spiegel
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the sonic connections between music across time and space.
15:00 - Choral Evensong
Bolton Parish Church
From Bolton Parish Church with the Diocese of Manchester Choral Scholars. (R)
16:00 - Jazz Record Requests
Glasgow Jazz Festival / Palle Danielsson Tribute
Alyn with a focus on this year's Glasgow Jazz Festival and a tribute to Palle Danielsson.
17:00 - The Early Music Show
Ensemble Augelletti - A Curious MInd
Hannah French explores the world of early music.
18:00 - Words and Music
The Georgians
Music with readings by Kathryn Drysdale and Luke Thompson, currently seen in Bridgerton. (R)
19:15 - Sunday Feature
Searching for the Songs of Bukhara
A musical journey into the ancient court music of Central Asia.
20:00 - Drama on 3
Killer
A bold reimagining of Ionesco’s classic as a thriller about liberal democracy in crisis. (R)
21:20 - New Generation Artists
Tom Borrow plays Schumann's Fantasie in C major
Chamber music recordings by Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
22:00 - Night Tracks
Music for the night
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30 - Unclassified
Will Gregory’s Listening Chair
Elizabeth Alker invites synth master Will Gregory to share a track that transports him.
00:30 - Through the Night
Quatuor Ebéne play quartets by Haydn, Bartók and Schubert
The French quartet performs in the Parco della Musica in Rome. Presented by Penny Gore.
06:30 - Breakfast
Classical sunrise
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
09:30 - Essential Classics
Classical soundtrack for your morning
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
13:00 - Classical Live
Accordionist Ryan Corbett live from Wigmore Hall plus recent recordings from Hay
Specially recorded music and great performances from the UK and be ... More>>yond.
16:00 - Composer of the Week
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), What Is Our Life? 1583-1603
1/5 Gibbons’s early life in Cambridge and Oxford, amidst Britain’s politica ... More>>l turbulence.
17:00 - In Tune
The biggest names in classical music
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
19:00 - Classical Mixtape
The perfect classical half hour
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30 - Radio 3 in Concert
Brahms Piano Quartets at Wigmore Hall
The Pavel Haas Quartet and Boris Giltburg play Brahms's First and Second Piano Quartets.
21:45 - The Essay
Bohemians in T-Shirts, Actors
Michael Goldfarb on why Marlon Brando and Stanley Kowalski took to wearing T-shirts. (R)
22:00 - Night Tracks
Evening soundscape
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30 - 'Round Midnight
Alina Bzhezhinska picks her Flowers
Alina Bzhezhinska is Soweto's guest on our weekly feature, Flowers.
00:30 - Through the Night
James Ehnes plays Prokofiev
The Canadian violinist joins the Zurich Philharmonia with conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
06:30 - Breakfast
Your classical commute
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
09:30 - Essential Classics
The very best of classical music
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
13:00 - Classical Live
The Hay-on-Wye Festival 2024 plus Schubert's 5th Symphony from Juanjo Mena
Specially recorded music and great performances from the UK and beyond.
16:00 - Composer of the Week
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), The Court Musician and The British Problem 1603-1612
2/5 Gibbons joins the royal household of the newly ... More>> crowned King James.
17:00 - In Tune
Classical music live in the studio
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
19:00 - Classical Mixtape
30 minutes of classical inspiration
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30 - Radio 3 in Concert
A Sea Symphony
The BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sakari Oramo in Vaughan Williams, Knussen and Britten.
21:45 - The Essay
Bohemians in T-Shirts, Writers
Michael Goldfarb explores why black US writer James Baldwin took to wearing T-shirts. (R)
22:00 - Night Tracks
Music for late-night listening
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30 - 'Round Midnight
11/06/2024
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
00:30 - Through the Night
Schumann’s Symphony No 4
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana perform Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole with Alexandra Soumm.
06:30 - Breakfast
Classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
09:30 - Essential Classics
Refresh your morning with classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
13:00 - Classical Live
Music from the 2024 Hay-on-Wye Festival plus orchestral piano music by Britten from Ulster
Specially recorded music and great performances from the ... More>> UK and beyond.
15:00 - Choral Evensong
York Minster
Live from York Minster.
16:00 - Composer of the Week
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), The New Band in Town 1612-1617
3/5 Gibbons joins the new musical group formed by the Prince of Wales, t ... More>>he future Charles I.
17:00 - In Tune
Live music at drivetime
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
19:00 - Classical Mixtape
Switch up your listening with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30 - Radio 3 in Concert
Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian RSO, a starry international cast and massed choirs.
21:45 - The Essay
Bohemians in T-Shirts, Artists
Michael Goldfarb tells the story of Jackson Pollock, another T-shirt-wearing bohemian. (R)
22:00 - Night Tracks
Immerse yourself
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30 - 'Round Midnight
12/06/2024
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
00:30 - Through the Night
Bach from Stockholm
Swedish Radio Choir & Fredrik Malmberg perform Bach's Cantata BWV140 and Mass in G BWV236.
06:30 - Breakfast
Start the day with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
09:30 - Essential Classics
Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
13:00 - Classical Live
Highlights from the recent Hay-on-Wye Festival plus piano music by Imogen Holst, Mozart and Knussen
Specially recorded music of great perforrmances ... More>> from the UK and beyond.
16:00 - Composer of the Week
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), ‘The Best Finger of that Age’ 1617-1620
4/5 Donald Macleod looks at the last - eventful - decade of Gib ... More>>bons’s short life.
17:00 - In Tune
Experience classical music live in session
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
19:00 - Classical Mixtape
The eclectic classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30 - Radio 3 in Concert
Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein
Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW with works by Jennifer Higdon and William L Dawson.
21:45 - The Essay
Bohemians in T-Shirts, Musicians
Michael Goldfarb, in his study of US bohemians, turns to Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. (R)
22:00 - Night Tracks
Soundtrack for night
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30 - 'Round Midnight
13/06/2024
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
00:30 - Through the Night
Khachaturian, Rachmaninov and Mussorgsky
A concert by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.
06:30 - Breakfast
Morning classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
09:30 - Essential Classics
Your perfect classical playlist
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
13:00 - Classical Live
Specially recorded music from this year's Hay Festival plus music with strong English connections
Specially recorded music and great performances f ... More>>rom the UK and beyond.
16:00 - Composer of the Week
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), A Legacy Reborn 1620-1625
5/5 By 1623 Orlando Gibbons had consolidated his position as the leading musi ... More>>cian in the land.
17:00 - In Tune
Drivetime classical
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
19:00 - Classical Mixtape
Power through with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
19:30 - Friday Night is Music Night
Stage and Screen
Stephen Bell conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in light music classics.
21:45 - The Essay
Bohemians in T-Shirts, Beats
The influence of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg on postwar US non-conformists. (R)
22:00 - Late Junction
Gone with the wind
Settle in with Verity Sharp and a selection of sonic adventures for your Friday night.
23:30 - 'Round Midnight
14/06/2024
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
