Today 00:30 - 06:30
From their own festival in Copenhagen, the Danish String Quartet and friends perform music by Adès, Haydn and Britten, before Messiaen's apocalyptic Quartet for the End of Time.
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703: BBC Radio 3
Thu Nov 21
Today 06:30 - 09:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. To listen live on your smart speaker say 'play Radio 3'. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Today 09:30 - 13:00
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Today 13:00 - 16:00
Unique concert performances, including BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists at LSO St Luke's in London and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Berlin Music Festival.
Today 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Donald Macleod explores the composer's role in London's newly re-emergent theatre scene.
Today 17:00 - 19:00
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
Today 19:00 - 19:30
To listen on most smart speakers just say ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape..
Today 19:30 - 21:45
Nil Venditti returns to the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales to conduct Respighi's La boutique fantasque and Rossini's Stabat Mater.
Today 21:45 - 22:00
4/5. Kenneth Steven explores the history of this semi-precious stone and reflects in poetry on his finds. The first stone he found was serpentine from the beaches of the island of Iona.
Today 22:00 - 23:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Today 23:30 - 00:30
Soweto plays How High The Moon by the US singer.
Fri Nov 22
Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30
Pianists Leonora Armellini and Alexander Gadjiev perform with the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw. Jonathan Swain presents.
Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. To listen live on your smart speaker just say 'play Radio 3'.
Tomorrow 09:30 - 13:00
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Tomorrow 13:00 - 16:00
Unique concert performances including BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists at LSO St Luke's in London and Aaron Copland's Symphony No.3 from the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Donald explores the theories around Purcell's death at the age of just 36, and examines the various tributes made to the composer after his passing.
Tomorrow 17:00 - 19:00
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, by Lili Boulanger, Joseph Haydn, and Steve Reich.
Tomorrow 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC Concert Orchestra presents a sparkling concert of music for everyone from the Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth with soloists Rachel John, Andrew Littlemore & Zara Maia.
Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:00
5/5. Scotland has been blessed with the most exciting of gemstones, but knowing where to find them is the secret. Kenneth Steven combines Scottish geological history with his poetry.
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:30
Sonic adventures abound with Jennifer Lucy Allan. Expect doom-metal meditations on ghosts from Beijing, and a Peruvian carnival parade reimagined as a sound collage.
Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
Sat Nov 23
Saturday 00:30 - 06:30
Alexander Humala conducts the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, with soloists Marc Coppey and Thomas Ospital. Jonathan Swain presents.
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 is joined by rising star of the opera world, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, plus plays the best classical music from his favourite recordings to new releases.
Saturday 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by guitarist and composer Robin Katz, with music Franz Schubert, Erik Satie and Django Reinhardt.
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
...Organ Loft. Anna Lapwood invites us to join her on tour and on the way discovers an organ whose pipes look like french fries and one that's as loud as a jet engine.
Saturday 14:00 - 16:00
Nicholas Kenyon selects his favourite version of Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550, and Lucy Parham shares her choices of the latest classical releases.
Saturday 16:00 - 17:00
Elle Osili-Wood with a unique live concert of gaming music by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Eímear Noone. Join us online in our interactive virtual concert hall!
Saturday 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam is joined by Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke to share some of the tracks they love and chat all things music.
Saturday 18:00 - 21:30
Beethoven's Fidelio from The Royal Ballet and Opera, with Jennifer Davis as Leonore, Eric Cutler as Florestan and Alexander Soddy conducting.
Saturday 21:30 - 22:30
Lopa Khotari presents a special BBC session with South African a cappella group The Joy, plus music from Hugh Masekela and The Brother Moves On.
Saturday 22:30 - 00:30
Kate Molleson presents a live edition from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including a performance of Anthony Braxton's Ghost Trance Music.
Sun Nov 24
Sunday 00:30 - 06:30
The Scintilla Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Minasi presents a programme of playful, witty and charming Italian and German music from the 17th century. Jonathan Swain presents.
Sunday 06:30 - 09:00
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. 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 midway through weekly chores or relaxing with your feet up.
Sunday 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, who grew up in care, and studied for a degree in her 30s, which led to a PhD, and eventually a professorship.
Sunday 13:30 - 15:00
Embark on a voyage of musical connections, each piece a port-of-call. Destination: Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia. Your tour guide: Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
Live from Salisbury Cathedral, with music by Harris, Howells and Bairstow.
Sunday 16:00 - 17:00
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music featuring Herbie Flowers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sonny Rollins. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk.
Sunday 17:00 - 18:00
Hannah French explores the colourful lives and little-known music of two 18th-century German princess-composers, both related to Frederick the Great... and both called Anna Amalia!
Sunday 18:00 - 19:15
What Emily Dickinson calls "the elf of plants" provides the topic for today's playlist of readings alongside music by Bernard Hermann, Sun Ra, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Gesualdo.
Sunday 19:15 - 20:00
...Composer's Story. Composer Debbie Wiseman allows us access to the whole process of making a vital and engaging soundtrack for the new series of Wolf Hall. With Damian Lewis and Peter Kosminsky.
Sunday 20:00 - 21:30
A political thriller about power, revolution, sex and betrayal. What happens when you are forced to decide between love and ideology?
Sunday 21:30 - 22:00
A reflective service of night prayer for the Feast of Christ the King, including works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Pawel Lukaszewski, Lucy Walker and Kethaki Prathivadi.
Sunday 22:00 - 23:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Sunday 23:30 - 00:30
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists.
Mon Nov 25
Monday 00:30 - 06:30
GAIA Music Festival from Church Scherzligen, Thun, Switzerland. Jonathan Swain presents.
Monday 06:30 - 09:30
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Monday 09:30 - 13:00
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Monday 13:00 - 16:00
Linton Stephens introduces music that puts Mozart and Haydn under the spotlight, pianist Kirill Gerstein in residence and the Atos Trio with Brahms live from Wigmore Hall.
Monday 16:00 - 17:00
1/5. Donald Macleod recounts how Puccini's struggles to write 'Manon Lescaut' paid off - the only one of his operas applauded by both audiences and critics alike.
Monday 17:00 - 19:00
Sean Rafferty introduces live music from violinist Alena Baeva ahead of performances with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Poole and Exeter.
Monday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Monday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo performs Bacewicz's Symphony No. 2 and Busoni's colossus of a Piano Concerto with Kirill Gerstein plus the BBC Symphony Chorus.
Monday 21:45 - 22:00
Xinjiekou Street is Beijing's Tin Pan Alley, a road lined with shops selling Chinese instruments. Stephen McDonell talks to shopkeepers, musicians trying and buying, and listens.
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
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
Tue Nov 26
Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30
Mozart's Late Symphonies with the Polish Radio Orchestra and conductor Michal Klauza. Jonathan Swain presents.
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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Tuesday 13:00 - 16:00
This week sees a focus on specially recorded performances of Mozart and Haydn from the BBC orchestras, plus pianist Kirill Gerstein's recent residency from LSO St. Luke's.
Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
2/5. Donald Macleod sees how the characters Puccini created in La Bohème illustrate the penury of the composer's own student years in Milan.
Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00
Live music from pianist Sebastian Knauer ahead of his new album Hollywood out on 29 November.
Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45
Composer, conductor & pianist Thomas Ades is among those joining pianist Kirill Gerstein in a unique concert as part of Gerstein's Spotlight Artist series with the LSO last season.
Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00
Esra Yalcinalp, who works for BBC Türkçe, visits Galip Dede, which over the last three decades has become Istanbul's Tin Pan Alley, with more than 30 shops selling instruments.
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
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
Wed Nov 27
Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30
Bartók's Violin Concerto no 2 plus Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and the world premiere of Veronique Vaka's Inmost, a piece written for chief conductor Eva Ollikainen.
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 familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Wednesday 13:00 - 15:00
Linton Stephens introduces an afternoon of live and specially recorded music including the BBC Philharmonic live from Media City performing Mozart and Haydn.
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00
From St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York on the eve of American Thanksgiving, with music by Hancock, Sebastian Forbes, Rorem and Buck McDaniel.
Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Donald Macleod follows the dramas surrounding Tosca and Madam Butterfly, the opera which Puccini believed was his finest creation, yet suffered the most negative reception.
Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
To listen on most smart speakers just say ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape..
Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45
Violinist Stephen Waarts joins the Hallé orchestra conducted by Artist-in-Residence, Thomas Adès to perform a programme of Sibelius, Rautavaara and Adès from the Bridgewater Hall.
Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00
Tokyo based journalist Phoebe Amoroso visits the famous 'Guitar Street' in Ochanomizu, where shop after shop sells a remarkable array of electric guitars.
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
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
Thu Nov 28
Thursday 00:30 - 06:30
The St Gallen Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Henning Kraggerud for a concert of Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic music. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Thursday 13:00 - 16:00
Acclaimed pianist Kirill Gerstein continues his residency at LSO St. Luke's with music by Schumann and the Armenian priest and musicologist Vardapet Komitas.
Thursday 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Donald Macleod details the tragic event which created the biggest scandal of Puccini's life, throwing him into despair as he struggled to work on La fanciulla del West.
Thursday 17:00 - 19:00
Sean Rafferty in conversation with cellist and conductor Leonard Elschenbroich.
Thursday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by French composers across the centuries - Charpentier, Dubussy, Lili Boulanger, Ravel, Massenet, Poulenc & Bizet.
Thursday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater, presents a full symphonic tribute to the life, work and genius of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
The luthiers of Madrid have been making classical and flamenco guitars for a century and a half. Guy Hedgecoe visits some of the old shops and workshops to listen and learn.
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
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.