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Today 13:00 - 16:00

Al Ryan reaches the climax of his week focused on performances of distinctive settings of the mass with Beethoven, and he also casts an eye on festive chamber music from Belfast.

Today 16:00 - 17:00

5/5. Kate Molleson follows Sibelius in the creation of his Sixth and Seventh Symphonies - and also the Eighth which the composer destroyed.

Today 17:00 - 19:00

Harpist Anne-Sophie Bertrand and the Kaleiddoscope Chamber Collective play rediscovered pieces by Ethel Yeats and Augusta Zuckermann.

Today 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music with music from Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Howard Shore.

Today 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Ian McMillan-Davidson, and three vocal stars celebrate the music of Ivor Novello on the 75th anniversary of his death.

Today 21:45 - 22:00

Legendary broadcaster Gillian Reynolds shares her life and career in radio, spanning over 50 years. Audio drama takes centre stage in this final essay.

Today 23:30 - 00:30

Soweto presents concert highlights from vocalist, violinist, and friend of the show Alice Zawadzki, who blends different music traditions and jazz.

Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30

From the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, La fonte musica performs Vespro della Beata Vergine. Penny Gore presents.

Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:00

Hannah French presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Tomorrow 09:00 - 12:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch sits in for Tom Service, with the best classical music and guests to start your Saturday.

Tomorrow 12:00 - 13:00

Jools is joined by the lyricist, songwriter and musician Richard Stilgoe.

Tomorrow 13:00 - 14:00

Violinist Tasmin Little speaks to artists about leaving the world of performance behind. This week's focus is on the taboo of injury and the pressure of expectation for soloists.

Tomorrow 14:00 - 16:00

Andrew McGregor picks the best new classical releases, joined by guests mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately & Mark Lowther, who recommends his favorite recording of Handel's Dixit Dominus.

Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00

A celebration of exceptional movie music and film scores with Edith Bowman, who's joined by American composer and arranger Richard Niles for this week's Harmonising Hollywood.

Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00

Jess Gillam swaps music choices with the violinist, singer and educator Lizzie Ball.

Tomorrow 18:00 - 21:30

Another chance to hear Jonas Kaufmann singing the title role of Verdi's Otello from the Royal Opera House, conducted by Antonio Pappano. Recorded in 2017.

Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:30

Lopa Kothari presents a special solo session with Palestinian nay virtuoso Faris Ishaq. Plus, a fresh selection of roots-based releases from across the world.

Tomorrow 22:30 - 00:30

Cutting edge music including the premiere of Shiva Feshareki's DIVINE FEMININE, a 360° soundscape of divine geometric spatialisation.

Sunday 00:30 - 06:30

Celebrating women in classical music with a concert from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, performing Louise Farrenc and Clara Schumann.

Sunday 06:30 - 09:00

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Sunday 09:00 - 12:00

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're about to tackle a to-do list, or you're taking some time out with tea and a book.

Sunday 12:00 - 13:30

The film-maker and opera director Penny Woolcock shares her musical choices with Michael Berkeley.

Sunday 13:30 - 15:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Clara Schumann's virtuosic Piano Concerto, premiered by the composer when she was just sixteen years old.

Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

Live from the Chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, with music by Joanna Marsh.

Sunday 16:00 - 17:00

Alyn marks International Women's Day with a special edition featuring music from harpist Dorothy Ashby and vocalists Etta James, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

Sunday 17:00 - 18:00

Hannah French celebrates some of the leading women performers at the beginnings of the early music movement, including violinist Alice Harnoncourt & harpsichordist Wanda Landowska.

Sunday 18:00 - 19:15

Pippa Nixon and Sarah Amankwah read from authors including Brit Bennett, Daisy Johnson, Colm Tóibín, CS Lewis. Music includes Angelique Kidjo, Fanny Mendelssohn and the Boulangers.

Sunday 19:15 - 20:00

Comedian, actor and keen musician Nick Mohammed traces how the popularity of the German composer Richard Strauss soared and waned with British audiences during his lifetime.

Sunday 20:00 - 21:00

The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Kate explores the unique musical universe of Lucia Dlugoszewski.

Sunday 22:00 - 22:30

From St John the Evangelist, Hills Road, Cambridge, with Cambridge University Schola Cantorum.

Sunday 22:30 - 23:30

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an International Women's Day immersive soundtrack by female composers for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Sunday 23:30 - 00:30

Elizabeth Alker picks new releases from the world of ambient music. Plus legendary synth composer Suzanne Ciani shares a piece of music that transports her elsewhere.

Monday 00:30 - 06:30

A rare chance to hear Schumann's opera-oratorio about the child of a fallen angel and a mortal who makes a sequence of offerings to the guardians of Paradise.

Monday 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Monday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Monday 13:00 - 16:00

An afternoon of concert recordings including music from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and live music from Wigmore Hall with clarinettist Michael Collins and pianist Wu Qian.

Monday 16:00 - 17:00

1/5. Donald Macleod explores five classical composers from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, focusing today on the life and music of Douglas Lilburn.

Monday 17:00 - 19:00

Alisa Weilerstein and Marin Alsop are live in the studio ahead of their concert with the LPO. Also, Petroc is joined by the Hastings International Piano Competition winner.

Monday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Monday 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and conductor Michal Nesterowicz perform Górecki's Three Pieces in Old Style, Poulenc's Gloria, and Dvorák's 8th Symphony.

Monday 21:45 - 22:00

Domenico Corri's luxury song book pioneered an innovative way of annotating, which allows us to understand singing performances from the 1780s. Brianna Robertson-Kirkland explains.

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

Soweto's guest this week is the renowned British jazz saxophonist Iain Ballamy, who is sharing some of the albums that have influenced him for our 4/4 feature.

Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and conductor Alessandro Cadario are joined by marimba player Matthias Würsch in Ney Rosauro's Concerto no 1 for Marimba and String Orchestra.

Tuesday 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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

Linton Stephens introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including music Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00

2/5. Donald Macleod explores five classical composers from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, focusing today on the life and music of Jenny McLeod.

Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc interviews Jean Rondeau live in studio ahead of his Wigmore recital. Plus, composer Blasio Kavuma and Rowan Rutter talk about The Exoplanets at Hackney Empire.

Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan present an all-French programme of music including Canteloube's ravishing Songs of the Auvergne.

Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00

A remarkable online project is making available, for the first time in a hundred years, the rich repertoire of klezmer player Motl Reyder. Phil Alexander explores his tunebook.

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

Soweto welcomes back jazz saxophonist Iain Ballamy, who has another 4/4 album selection to share.

Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30

The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra joins pianist Xiang-Dong Kong in Rachmaninov's third piano concerto. The concert concludes with Liszt's symphonic poem Mazeppa.

Wednesday 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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 introduces an afternoon of specially made concert recordings plus a live performance from Salford of Haydn and Schubert from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00

Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford, with music by Imogen Holst, Watson, Nico Muhly and Duruflé.

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00

3/5. Donald Macleod explores five classical composers from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, focusing today on the life and music of Dame Gillian Whitehead.

Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00

Max Bailie, Alasdair Beatson and Mischa Maisky perform live in studio. Also, Petroc talks to Nicola Benedetti about the upcoming Edinburgh International Festival.

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, with Thomas Słndergård and horn virtuoso Felix Klieser, play Mozart, Strauss and the mighty Bruckner 8 in Glasgow.

Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00

The Comet Prelude received its world premiere recording in 2025, seventy-three years after it was written by the mixed-race composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Leah Broad explores why.

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

Tonight on the show, Iain Ballamy is back with a third jazz record that he is inspired by, for 4/4.

Thursday 00:30 - 06:30

The Nightingale String Quartet and clarinettist Jonas Frłlund perform music by Danish composers Rued Langgaard and Bent Słrensen, alongside Brahms's Clarinet Quintet.

Thursday 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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 introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a performance of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Thursday 16:00 - 17:00

4/5. Donald Macleod explores five classical composers from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, focusing today on the life and music of John Psathas.

Thursday 17:00 - 19:00

Sarah Walker talks to Tristan Gurney and Clarence Adoo about RNS Moves. Also, Kieran White and Cedric Meyer perform Dowland live in studio.

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Thursday 19:30 - 21:45

Marin Alsop conducts the Philharmonia live from London in Márquez's Danzón No.2 and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, plus Gabriela Ortiz's Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein.

Thursday 21:45 - 22:00

Charles Burney (1726-1814) was the author of the first history of music ever published In the English language. Sophie Coulombeau has been reading it and his letters and diaries.

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

Soweto shares more of the best in jazz, and Iain Ballamy returns to share his final 4/4 pick of the week.

Friday 00:30 - 06:30

Young chamber musicians perform a selection of chamber works by Schubert in the concert hall of the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. Penny Gore presents.

Friday 06:30 - 09:30

Al Ryan presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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 introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings, including a performance of Dvorák's Symphony No 9 from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Friday 16:00 - 17:00

5/5. Donald Macleod explores five classical composers from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, focusing today on the life and music of Gareth Farr.

Friday 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc welcomes Lukas Sternath to the In Tune studio to perform ahead of his concert with the LPO at Brighton Dome. Also, The Solas Ensemble perform live from Edinburgh PQ.

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Friday 19:30 - 21:45

Music and highlights from the annual Royal Philharmonic Society Awards given last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, introduced for Radio 3 by Andrew McGregor.

Friday 21:45 - 22:00

What does a 1929 experimental silent documentary film sound like? Leo Geyer has been piecing together the score intended by director Dziga Vertov for his Man with a Movie Camera.

Friday 22:00 - 23:30

Verity Sharp shares a weave of music curated by Canadian Inuk artist-musician Tanya Tagaq.

Friday 23:30 - 00:30

Concert highlights from celebrated UK vocalist Heidi Vogel, recorded at Inntöne festival in Austria last summer.