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Today 14:00 - 16:00

Yulianna Avdeeva performs Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic play Arthur Sullivan, plus madrigals from Gesualdo.

Today 16:00 - 17:00

From the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford, on the Feast of the Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth, with music by Britten, Stanford, Górecki and Peeters.

Today 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring a romance by Schumann, a canzonetta by Pejacevic, a film score by Rota, and an iconic aria by Handel.

Today 19:30 - 22:00

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Philharmonia in Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite. Esther Yoo plays Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto.

Today 22:00 - 22:45

Recorded with an audience at the Hay Festival, Rana Mitter and his guests look at recent European history, fault-lines and what it means to have to leave your country.

Today 22:45 - 23:00

...Five Songs. Charles Aznavour's astonishing oeuvre, explored through five classic songs. 3: Après l'amour. Paul Morley attempts to confine himself to one lyric adventure.

Today 23:00 - 00:30

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

Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30

Pianist Imogen Cooper plays works by Chopin, Schubert and Ades. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:00

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Tomorrow 09:00 - 12:00

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Tomorrow 12:00 - 13:00

...Scarlatti. 4/5. Kate Molleson sees Scarlatti meet a new keyboard student. It's the start of a relationship that will dominate the composer's fortunes for the next three and a half decades.

Tomorrow 13:00 - 14:00

Sarah Walker presents Schubert Plus, performed by the pianist Charles Owen at Hay Festival, with works by Schubert, Liszt and Franck.

Tomorrow 14:00 - 17:00

Rachmaninov's Symphony No 3 with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Renaissance madrigals with La Compagnia del Madrigale, and Charpentier's Te deum with ensemble Les Surprises.

Tomorrow 17:00 - 19:00

Katie Derham with Apollo5 and Paul Mealor, and Keelan Carew shares his highlights for the upcoming weekend.

Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including Esenvalds, Britten and Purcell.

Tomorrow 19:30 - 22:00

Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Grace Williams's Concert Overture, Mozart's 39th Symphony and Strauss's tone poem Don Quixote, live in Cardiff.

Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:45

Kapka Kassabova, Noreen Masud and Patrick Barham join Rana Mitter at the BBC tent at the Hay festival for a conversation about writing on landscapes, nature and personal histories.

Tomorrow 22:45 - 23:00

...Five Songs. Charles Aznavour's genius, distilled in five songs. 4: The Old Fashioned Way, by Paul French. The English version of Les plaisirs démodés was in the British charts for 15 weeks.

Tomorrow 23:00 - 23:30

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.

Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30

Elizabeth Alker presents highlights from Unclassified Live on London's South Bank, where Cate Le Bon, Hinako Omori and Qasim Naqvi performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Friday 00:30 - 06:30

English conductor Justin Doyle and the RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin, perform works by Tallis, Striggio, Brumel, Alec Roth and Meredith Monk. Jonathan Swain presents.

Friday 06:30 - 09:00

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Friday 09:00 - 12:00

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

Friday 12:00 - 13:00

...Scarlatti. 5/5. The most famous opera singer of the age pays a visit to the Spanish court where Scarlatti works. Will the great Farinelli prove an ally or a rival? Presented by Kate Molleson.

Friday 13:00 - 14:00

Sarah Walker presents Schubert Plus, performed by the Amatis Trio at Hay Festival, with works by Schubert and Suk.

Friday 14:00 - 16:30

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Sibelius, and madrigals by Gesualdo and composers of his time.

Friday 16:30 - 17:00

Tom Service explores Ravel's Bolero - a classical chart-topper, concert-hall-filler and the soundtrack to Torvill and Dean's Olympic skating glory.

Friday 17:00 - 19:00

Soprano Soraya Mafi joins Katie Derham and performs live in the studio.

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Friday 19:30 - 22:00

The Ulster Orchestra, conducted by their music director, Daniele Rustioni, perform their season finale, a programme celebrating Italy, with music by Berlioz, Elgar and Respighi.

Friday 22:00 - 22:45

Ian McMillan presents the first in a series of Verb visits to the future with Rupert Read, Alistair Gentry, and Jorie Graham.

Friday 22:45 - 23:00

...Five Songs. Charles Aznavour's astonishing career, essayed in five songs. 5: They Fell, by Nare Mkrtchyan. Aznavour returned to his collective Armenian past and the legacy of genocide.

Friday 23:00 - 01:00

Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from a trip to Japan with a suitcase full of sounds and music that caught her attention.

Saturday 01:00 - 02:00

Ólafur Arnalds creates a relaxing soundtrack, made up of songs inspired by the setting sun. Comedian James Acaster shares the piece of music that brings him ultimate calm.

Saturday 02:00 - 03:00

Gabriels present a calming mixtape of piano music.

Saturday 03:00 - 07:00

Osmo Vänskä conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Minneapolis. Jonathan Swain presents.

Saturday 07:00 - 09:00

Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.

Saturday 09:00 - 11:45

Composer John Rutter's personal recommendation of a recording of Brahms's A German Requiem.

Saturday 11:45 - 12:30

Kate Molleson talks to conductor François-Xavier Roth, reflecting on 20 years of his period instrument ensemble Les Siècles.

Saturday 12:30 - 13:00

Jess Gillam is joined by sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun to share the music they love and discover some of the links between western and Indian classical music.

Saturday 13:00 - 15:00

Pianist Emma Abbate reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a rare recording of Elgar at the piano, to arias that explore complex human psychology.

Saturday 15:00 - 16:00

Louise uncovers some of the most imaginative games around. And her guest Winifred Phillips talks about scoring Sackboy, Assassin's Creed Liberation and Jurassic World Primal Ops.

Saturday 16:00 - 17:00

Kathryn Tickell with the latest sounds from across the globe and a Road Trip to Sri Lanka with Colombo-based percussionist and producer Sumudi Suraweera.

Saturday 17:00 - 18:30

Julian Joseph pays tribute to a titan of jazz piano, Ahmad Jamal, who has died at the age of 92.

Saturday 18:30 - 22:00

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Mozart's fairy-tale comedy at the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Erin Morley as Pamina and Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino.

Saturday 22:00 - 00:00

Tom Service presents new music by Mark Simpson and David Horne, played by Ensemble 10:10, and Inge Thomson performs her latest work at Tectonics festival.

Sunday 00:00 - 01:00

Corey Mwamba presents new improvised music from makers and collectives responding to art. Plus, the fiery interplay between John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner.

Sunday 01:00 - 07:00

René Jacobs conducts the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in Bach's Mass in B minor. John Shea presents.

Sunday 07:00 - 09:00

Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

Sunday 09:00 - 12:00

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you're relaxing in the garden or catching up on some work.

Sunday 12:00 - 13:00

Michael Berkeley's guest is writer Kit de Waal.

Sunday 13:00 - 14:00

Live from Wigmore Hall, Mariam Batsahvili brings her captivating pianism to Chopin, Schubert and Liszt's fiendish Après une lecture du Dante and Hungarian Rhapsody No 14.

Sunday 14:00 - 15:00

Hannah French and Zak Ozmo explore the life and work of the extraordinary 16th-century lutenist, music theorist and composer Vincenzo Galilei, who was born around 500 years ago.

Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

From the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford, on the Feast of the Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth, with music by Britten, Stanford, Górecki and Peeters.

Sunday 16:00 - 17:00

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Sunday 17:00 - 17:30

Tom Service programmes himself into the matrix of musical artificial intelligence.

Sunday 17:30 - 18:45

Chloë Sommer and Ewan Bailey with readings from writers including Imbolo Mbue and Les Murray and music by Olivier Messiaen, Luna Pearl Woolf and Marvin Gaye among others.

Sunday 18:45 - 19:15

Via ports and truck-stops, fulfilment centres and ring roads, Aidan Tulloch follows the supply chain and reimagines the journey an item goes on in the age of 24/7 delivery.

Sunday 19:15 - 19:30

...Thinkers. BBC New Generation Thinker John Gallagher investigates Leeds's colourful architectural history and how heritage can be reconciled with urban development.

Sunday 19:30 - 21:00

John Heffernan and Pearl Mackie star in Christopher Marlowe's tragedy about a man who gains control over nature but, in the process, loses control of himself.

Sunday 21:00 - 23:00

Hannah French presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Brahms's A German Requiem.

Sunday 23:00 - 00:00

Percussionist Delia Stevens explores how machines have influenced composition, performance and introduced new ideas to music. Contains strong language.

Monday 00:00 - 00:30

Linton Stephens tries out a classical playlist on comedian Josie Long.

Monday 00:30 - 06:30

World Environment Day. Choral works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Weber, Schumann and R. Murray Schafer. John Shea presents.

Monday 06:30 - 09:00

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Monday 09:00 - 12:00

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

Monday 12:00 - 13:00

1/5. At the peak of his fame, Rossini suddenly disappears from the public eye. What led him to this moment? Donald Macleod explores the composer's humble beginnings.

Monday 13:00 - 14:00

Live from the Wigmore Hall, the Orsino Wind Ensemble play Britten's Sextet, Reicha's Quintet and Janácek's Mládí (Youth).

Monday 14:00 - 16:30

Concert performances from around Europe, including Weinberg's Cello Concerto performed by Edgar Moreau, Mozart's bassoon concerto from Salzburg, and Sibelius's Third Symphony.

Monday 16:30 - 17:00

Chamber Music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: Geneva Lewis introduces two short violin works by Valentin Silvestrov and jazz keyboardist Fergus McCreadie plays Morning Moon.

Monday 17:00 - 19:00

Katie Derham with composer Kris Bowers, and a live performance by baritone Roderick Williams, soprano Nardus Williams and pianist Allyson Devenish.

Monday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Monday 19:30 - 21:00

The Paris Opera Orchestra, conducted by their music director Gustavo Dudamel, play a programme of sparkling works by Messiaen, Ravel, Haydn and Strauss.

Monday 21:00 - 22:00

Ólafur Arnalds shares a calming soundtrack for your daydreams. Plus musical duo Ibeyi share the track that brings them ultimate calm.

Monday 22:00 - 22:45

Kate Molleson talks to conductor François-Xavier Roth, reflecting on 20 years of his period instrument ensemble Les Siècles.

Monday 22:45 - 23:00

In a moving reflection on mother-daughter relationships, Naomi Alderman visits Old St Pancras churchyard, searching for the tomb of the often overlooked Mary Wollstonecraft.

Monday 23:00 - 00:30

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

Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30

Tomislav Facini conducts the Croatian Radio-Television Chorus and Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Papandopulo's cantata Slavoslovije. John Shea presents.

Tuesday 06:30 - 09:00

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Tuesday 09:00 - 12:00

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

Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00

2/5. Rossini arrives in Naples as a nobody, but it's here he'll meet his muse and write the opera that makes his name. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00

Sarah Walker presents music by CPE Bach and Mozart from Canada's Orford, Lanaudière and Domaine Forget de Charlevoix festivals.

Tuesday 14:00 - 17:00

Concert performances including Holst's The Planets in Frankfurt, Mozart in Barcelona with the Berlin Philharmonic and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem.

Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Tuesday 19:30 - 22:00

Geneva Lewis performs Mozart's Violin Sonata in C, accordionist Ryan Corbett plays Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, and the Leonkoro Quartet play Haydn's String Quartet, 'The Bird'.

Tuesday 22:00 - 22:45

Matthew Sweet is joined by guests including BFI season programmer Geoff Andrew and film critic Phuong Le to discuss the varied roles played by French actor Michel Piccoli.

Tuesday 22:45 - 23:00

Tracy Chevalier strolls to Stinsford, the Dorset village where Thomas Hardy's heart is poetically buried, separately from his body at Poets' Corner, Westminster.

Tuesday 23:00 - 00:30

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

Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30

Bruce Liu performs Chopin's Four Mazurkas, Op 33, Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor and Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano'. John Shea presents.

Wednesday 06:30 - 09:00

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Wednesday 09:00 - 12:00

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

Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00

3/5. As Rossini's audiences in Naples turn on the composer, he finds fame in Vienna, Paris and London. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00

Sarah Walker presents performances from some of Canada's music festivals, including Respighi's The Sunset and, with Marc-André Hamelin, Brahms's Piano Quintet.

Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

Performances from across Europe, including Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor in Salzburg, Debussy's La Mer from Dublin and Ravel's La Valse in Tenerife.

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00

From Bury Parish Church with the HeartEdge Manchester Choral Scholars.

Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00

Katie Derham is joined by fil- maker John Bridcut, who introduces us to his new BBC2 documentary, Michael Tippett: The Shadow and the Light.

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

Featuring Schubert, Mahler, Bach for solo cello and a beautiful new arrangement of Amazing Grace.

Wednesday 19:30 - 22:00

The BBC Singers, their principal guest conductor Owain Park and saxophonist Christian Forshaw perform at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, featuring music by William Byrd.

Wednesday 22:00 - 22:45

How are our perceptions of ownership and Identity influenced by the apparent power of digital technology? Should we be concerned about the growth of AI ?

Wednesday 22:45 - 23:00

Helen Mort ventures up a Yorkshire hill to find Sylvia Plath's much-vandalised gravestone, a battleground for those claiming the American poet's contested legacy.

Wednesday 23:00 - 00:30

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

Thursday 00:30 - 06:30

Dance music by Roussel and Ravel from the WDR Symphony Orchestra. Augustin Hadelich performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto. Presented by John Shea.