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Today 14:00 - 16:00

Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite version of Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites; and Gillian Moore explores an exciting selection of new releases.

Today 17:00 - 18:00

Jess is joined by soprano Angel Blue to swap the music they love the most, from Barry White at his smoothest to Verdi at his most passionate, plus an American classic by Barber.

Today 18:00 - 21:30

A rare opportunity to hear a production of Kurt Weill's pioneering 'concept' musical, Love Life, exploring the effects of outside forces and an ever changing world on marriage.

Today 21:30 - 22:30

Lopa Kothari selects new roots-based music and Ghanaian singer Florence Adooni picks two of her favourite tracks: one that she met on the road, and one that reminds her of home.

Today 22:30 - 00:30

Tom Service with cutting-edge new music. Including the world premiere of Mikhail Johnson's Tell! Jonkonnu, Tell! in London with vocalist Elaine Mitchener and Ensemble Klang.

Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30

Radovan Vlatkovic plays Richard Strauss's first Horn Concerto with the Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra.

Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:00

Tom McKinney with Radio 3's classical breakfast show and music to capture Sunday morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Tomorrow 09:00 - 12:00

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're relaxing with family, or pottering about the house.

Tomorrow 12:00 - 13:30

Michael Berkeley's guest is the psychologist and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, who is fascinated by the way our brains respond to music.

Tomorrow 13:30 - 15:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch sets a musical course across the galaxy towards the destination of Gustav Holst's icy and mysterious Neptune from The Planets Suite.

Tomorrow 15:00 - 16:00

From the Chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford, with music by Bairstow, Watson and Darke.

Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles including music from Nina Simone, Soft Machine, Stan Kenton, Sara Niemietz and more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk.

Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00

Mark Seow explores the origins of the viola joke, from the 18th century. But the viola wasn't laughed at by everyone. There's a rich solo canon for the instrument, as we find out.

Tomorrow 18:00 - 19:15

From Castor and Pollux to the Kray twins to Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Twin cities, twin towers, uncanny likenesses and shadows, the readers are Tracy-Ann Oberman and Don Gilet.

Tomorrow 19:15 - 20:00

...Minghella and Music. How music shaped the films and plays of the Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella.

Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:15

Poet Michael Symmons Roberts gets to the heart of composer Olivier Messiaen's obsession with birdsong in this imaginative sonic trip through drama, music and poetry.

Tomorrow 21:15 - 22:00

Music by Britten, Walker and Brahms from Radio 3's New Generation Artists.

Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:30

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

Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30

Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists.

Monday 00:30 - 06:30

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Cecilia Damström's response to the climate crisis, a new Viola Concerto by Magnus Lindberg and Brahms's 4th symphony.

Monday 06:30 - 09:30

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Monday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Monday 13:00 - 16:00

Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a live concert from pianist Steven Osborne from Wigmore Hall in London.

Monday 16:00 - 17:00

...Turkish Five. 1/5. Donald Macleod explores what impact the newly formed Turkish Republic made on music.

Monday 17:00 - 19:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Monday 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Rossini, Rachmaninov, Rodrigo and Mozart, plus lesser-known gems by Anna Lapwood, Oliver Knussen and Buxtehude.

Monday 19:30 - 21:30

Michael Barenboim is the soloist in Bartók's second violin concerto, performed alongside Kodály's Dances of Galánta and Dvorák's Seventh Symphony.

Monday 21:30 - 22:00

Toby Jones tells how an act of creative destruction freed Sibelius - Finland's most celebrated artist - from decades of torment, as he tried to finish his doomed Eighth Symphony.

Monday 22:00 - 23:30

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

Monday 23:30 - 00:30

The pioneering American jazz guitarist guides us through some of his best loved albums on the show presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch.

Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30

The Modigliani Quartet with cellist Clemens Hagen, performs Wolf's Italian Serenade, Beethoven's String Quartet no 3 and Schubert's String Quintet in C major.

Tuesday 06:30 - 09:30

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

Tuesday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Tuesday 13:00 - 16:00

Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Z.E.N. Trio performing Dvorak's 'Dumky' Trio at the Belfast International Arts Festival 2024.

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00

...Turkish Five. 2/5. Donald Macleod explores what impact studying in Europe had on the Turkish Five.

Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including music by Vanhal, Lili Boulanger, Vivaldi, Delius, Belevi, Bortkiewicz and Faure.

Tuesday 19:30 - 21:30

John Toal introduces the Z.E.N. Trio in a programme of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms piano trios from the Belfast International Arts Festival 2024, ahead of their 10th birthday.

Tuesday 21:30 - 22:00

Maxine Peake tells the story of how Dame Ethel Smyth's anthem for equality, March of the Women, propelled the Suffragettes to victory, despite her arrest and imprisonment.

Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30

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

Tuesday 23:30 - 00:30

'Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. Soweto presents a new release from leading UK saxophonist Jason Yarde's project.

Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30

Conductor Lorenzo Viotti's debut at the Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra, featuring Korngold's Violin Concerto, Richard Strauss's Suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Ravel's La Valse.

Wednesday 06:30 - 09:30

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

Wednesday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Wednesday 13:00 - 15:00

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Z.E.N. Trio in Belfast and Francesca Dego playing Sibelius's Violin Concerto.

Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00

Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, with music by Elgar, Dyson and Bairstow.

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00

...Turkish Five. 3/5. Donald Macleod explores the opportunities the Turkish Five found after travelling home from their time abroad.

Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Wednesday 19:30 - 21:30

The CBSO Chorus and Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada in a live performance of Haydn's Creation at Birmingham's Symphony Hall, with soloists Carolyn Sampson, James Way and Ashley Riches.

Wednesday 21:30 - 22:00

Andrew Lincoln tells the story of how Mozart's passionate love (and lust) for his future wife drove him to escape the clutches of boyhood expectation - and his controlling father.

Wednesday 22:00 - 23:30

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

Wednesday 23:30 - 00:30

The Japanese piano virtuoso, and former 'Round Midnight guest, is back with new music.

Thursday 00:30 - 06:30

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and a starry quartet of soloists at the First Night of the BBC Proms 2022.

Thursday 06:30 - 09:30

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

Thursday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Thursday 13:00 - 16:00

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Z.E.N. Trio in Belfast and the Ulster Orchestra performing the 5th Symphony by Sibelius.

Thursday 16:00 - 17:00

...Turkish Five. 4/5. Donald Macleod explores the Turkish Five's continued links with the West including Ahmet Adnan Saygun's visit to the UK and his meeting with British composer Michael Tippett.

Thursday 17:00 - 19:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Thursday 19:30 - 21:30

Nicolas Altstaedt joins the Philharmonia for the UK premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Second Cello Concerto, framed by two of Stravinsky's thrilling ballet scores.

Thursday 21:30 - 22:00

Don Warrington tells a story of a remarkable rebirth, as a down-on-his-luck Duke Ellington spontaneously and joyously sparks his band into life at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival.

Thursday 22:00 - 23:30

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

Thursday 23:30 - 00:30

The EZRA Collective trumpeter offers his interpretation of a Chet Baker classic.

Friday 00:30 - 06:30

Ólafur SigurDarson sings majestic arias from some of Wagner's best known operas. The Iceland Symphony Orchestra performs preludes and overtures conducted by Eva Ollikainen.

Friday 06:30 - 09:30

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Friday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Friday 13:00 - 16:00

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including two contrasting final symphonies from Brahms and Sibelius. Plus the Z.E.N. Trio play Shostakovich.

Friday 16:00 - 17:00

...Turkish Five. 5/5. Donald Macleod examines the ongoing legacy of the Turkish Five and asks if the cultural agenda of the early Turkish Republic damaged or even destroyed authentic Turkish music.

Friday 17:00 - 19:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Friday 19:30 - 21:30

Singer Clare Teal joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Gavin Sutherland in light music associated with the fair by Bruce Montgomery, Phyllis Tate and Peter Hope.

Friday 21:30 - 22:00

In a city torn apart by war, an enemy soldier shatters Joseph Haydn's isolation - and quells his loneliness. David Suchet narrates a moment of unexpected beauty amidst the decay.

Friday 22:00 - 23:30

Verity Sharp presents music from fractured hard drives, chaotic pinball improvisations and tales of a city lost at sea.

Friday 23:30 - 00:30

Concert highlights from Byron Wallen's Four Corners at INNtöne Jazzfestival 2024.

Saturday 00:30 - 06:30

Celebrating Chopin's 215th birthday with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. Szymon Nehring plays Chopin's emotionally charged Piano Concerto no 1.

Saturday 06:30 - 09:00

Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

Saturday 09:00 - 12:00

Tom Service plays the best classical music, and star soprano Renée Fleming talks to Tom about her career.

Saturday 12:00 - 13:00

Jools is joined by designer Nicky Haslam, with music by Mahler, Mingus and Korngold.

Saturday 13:00 - 14:00

...Women Composers. Jenni Murray is joined by composer Roxanna Panufnik and conductor Suzi Digby to celebrate religious music by women composers, and explore the role of religion in their careers.

Saturday 14:00 - 16:00

Iain Burnside chooses his favourite recording of Liszt'z Totentanz (Dance of Death) and Marina Frolova-Walker makes her pick of the best new releases.

Saturday 16:00 - 17:00

The American composer of TV's Bridgewater, the Green Book, Chevalier and King Richard, Kris Bowers, joins Matthew Sweet to talk about his music for the remake of The Color Purple.

Saturday 17:00 - 18:00

Jess swaps favourite music with cellist Anastasia Kobekina, including music by Boulanger, Elgar and Thom Yorke, a perfect Bjork cover and Tchaikovsky from Anastasia's childhood.

Saturday 18:00 - 21:30

Janácek's tale of shame, betrayal and forgiveness from The Royal Opera, with a stand-out cast including Corinne Winters and Karita Mattila, conducted by Jakub Hrusa.

Saturday 21:30 - 22:30

Kathryn Tickell presents three tracks showcasing Wales' national instrument, handpicked by fiddle player and composer, Angharad Jenkins.

Saturday 22:30 - 00:30

The latest cutting edge music including performances from recent New Generations Artists the violinist Geneva Lewis, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and viola player Timothy Ridout.