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Today 00:30 - 06:30

Cellist Razvan Suma joins the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra and conductor Noam Zur in Haydn's cello concerto no 1 plus music by Schumann and Haydn's Symphony no 82 "The Bear'.

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

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a live performance of Spanish music from the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Today 16:00 - 17:00

4/5. Donald Macleod considers why the Great War was especially difficult for Mel Bonis and how she expressed her emotional state through her music.

Today 17:00 - 19:00

Al Ryan talks to tenor Nicky Spence ahead of his performance in Peter Grimes with the Welsh National Opera, and there's live music in the studio from pianist Cristian Sandrin.

Today 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including music by Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor and Louis Spohr.

Today 19:30 - 21:45

Nil Venditti conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and Mascagni. Stravinsky's ballet 'Pulcinella' completes the programme.

Today 21:45 - 22:00

New Generation Thinker Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal lectures in theatre and performance studies at Queen Mary, University of London.

Today 22:00 - 23:30

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

Today 23:30 - 00:30

The in-demand UK trumpeter steps out with her first solo release.

Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30

Legendary Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler's Ninth Symphony. Jonathan Swain presents.

Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:30

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

Tomorrow 09:30 - 13:00

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

Tomorrow 13:00 - 16:00

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a performance of Gerhard's Don Quixote performed by the BBC Philharmonic.

Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00

5/5. Donald Macloed explores Mel Bonis's preoccupations, musical and otherwise, in later life. Bonis turned to writing music for her own pleasure and for her friends and family.

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, including works by Haydn, Caccini, Boulanger, Vivaldi, da Costa, Bonds, Scarlatti and Beethoven.

Tomorrow 19:30 - 21:45

Mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge joins conductor Martin Yates and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Alban Arena, St Albans, in a programme tinged with classical antiquity.

Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:00

New Generation Thinker Jade Cuttle is at the University of Cambridge, researching British nature poets of colour.

Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:30

Jennifer Lucy Allan is our guide through the outer thickets of adventurous listening, uncovering obscure cult records from Japan and sonic explorations of identity.

Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30

Soweto shares concert highlights from the powerhouse Berlin-based outfit.

Saturday 00:30 - 06:30

Where does jazz begin and classical music end? A concert from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra fusing jazz, classical and minimal music.

Saturday 06:30 - 09:00

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

Saturday 09:00 - 12:00

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend, including conductor Gianandrea Noseda.

Saturday 12:00 - 13:00

Jools is joined by singer Gregory Porter with music by Liszt, Ravel and Joni Mitchell.

Saturday 13:00 - 14:00

Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists. He and Bridget share stories to reveal the power and significance of music when reporting from extreme conflict situations.

Saturday 14:00 - 16:00

Pianist Kathryn Stott assesses some of the best of the week's new releases, and Edward Seckerson picks his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No.10.

Saturday 16:00 - 17:00

With the release of the film Mr Burton about the early life of the Welsh actor Richard Burton, Matthew Sweet celebrates film music associated with Wales.

Saturday 17:00 - 18:00

Jess Gillam chats to versatile violinist Max Baillie about the music they both love, with tracks by Marianne Martines, Ligeti, Gwigwi Mrwebi, Debussy and Tchaikovsky.

Saturday 18:00 - 21:30

Angel Blue and Daniela Mack star in Golijov's opera dramatizing the life and work of Poet-playwright Fedirico Garcia Lorca. Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts.

Saturday 21:30 - 22:30

Lopa Kothari shares a previously unreleased live recording of Manu Dibango from 1982, a candomblé prayer from Tiganá Santana, and Algerian chaabi explorations from Koum Tara.

Saturday 22:30 - 00:30

Tom Service features Neil Luck's new piece Children are Emperors, recorded live at London's Cafe Oto in January. Plus new music from Natasha Barrett and Misato Mochizuki.

Sunday 00:30 - 06:30

The RIAS Chamber Chorus and Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin perform Bach's St John Passion at the Philharmonie in Berlin. John Shea presents.

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 chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sunday 12:00 - 13:30

Michael Berkeley's guest is the barrister Monica Feria-Tinta.

Sunday 13:30 - 15:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey with a Czech flavour as she goes in search of Dvorak's evergreen Scherzo Capriccioso.

Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

From the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, with music by Purcell, Howells, Byrd, Bairstow and Bach.

Sunday 16:00 - 17:00

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requests by you including a classic remembering the late Roberta Flack. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk.

Sunday 17:00 - 18:00

Alessandro Stradella's star burned brightly but briefly; his music glorious, his lifestyle dissolute - murdered aged 38. Hannah French & Andrew Kirkman explore his life & work.

Sunday 18:00 - 19:15

A sequence of words and music with readings performed by Toby Jones and Indra Ove and compositions by Mussorgsky, Messiaen and Mendelssohn.

Sunday 19:15 - 20:00

...Like the Sun. Writer and BBC London presenter Robert Elms travels to Andalusia to explore his passion for flamenco music.

Sunday 20:00 - 21:00

A complete performance of yesterday's recommended recording of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century, beginning with Stockhausen's landmark work for three orchestras, Gruppen.

Sunday 22:00 - 22:30

A reflective service of night prayer for Passion Sunday, from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, sung by St Martin's Voices.

Sunday 22:30 - 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.

Monday 00:30 - 06:30

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Ives's 'The Unanswered Question', Barber's 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915' with soprano Maria Bengtsson and Schumann's Symphony no 2.

Monday 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Monday 09:30 - 13:00

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

Monday 13:00 - 16:00

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a live recital from violinist Viktoria Mullova and the BBC Philharmonic in concert.

Monday 16:00 - 17:00

1/5. Grrr! From childhood rages to professional frustrations, the jovial Nielsen sometimes had good reasons to get angry: that's the first of his temperaments Donald Macleod explores.

Monday 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc Trelawny presents live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians, including pianist Tianxu An and conductor Mark Elder.

Monday 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring music by Rachmaninov, Palestrina, and Jean Cras.

Monday 19:30 - 21:45

Conductor Antony Hermus presents enchanting music from Prokofiev's 'Cinderella' and Ning Feng plays Brahms's Violin Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Monday 21:45 - 22:00

...5 Songs. The astonishing oeuvre of Charles Aznavour captured in five Essays on five songs. 1: Emmenez-Moi, by Muriel Zagha. A ballad of yearning to escape tempered by existential doubt.

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 vocalist on the rise has four bouquets to give to artists she admires this week.

Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30

The Gringolts Quartet and friends perform music by Boccherini, Milhaud and Ravel in the Gare du Nord, a former railway station in Basel. John Shea presents.

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

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including performances of Wagner, Elgar and Mendelssohn from the Ulster Orchestra.

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00

2/5. Although he was a very active man, Donald Macleod tells, Nielsen could be nonchalant, playing it by ear, like when he arrived in Copenhagen's busy life or met an impressive Brahms.

Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc Trelawny presents 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.

Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth in Debussy's Nocturnes. Plus Berg's Der Wein and Debussy's Le Livre de Baudelaire with soprano Sophie Bevan.

Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00

...5 Songs. The astonishing oeuvre and art of Charles Aznavour in five songs. La Bohème (1965) by Lucy O'Meara. Aznavour never stopped singing or loving this nostalgic song of Parisian love.

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 spins a track from the transnational group.

Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30

The Asturian pianist makes his debut in the modernist hall at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. He plays Chopin and Mompou, as well as works by Albéniz.

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

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Beethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata from Belfast's International Festival of Chamber Music.

Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00

From St Matthew's Church, Westminster, London, with music by Farrant, Noble, Greene and Mendelssohn.

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00

3/5. When love is in the air, great passion comes with great melancholy. Donald Macleod explores a sorrowful Nielsen, who meets the love of his life, the sculptor Anne-Marie Brodersen.

Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc Trelawny presents 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 music.

Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45

80 years after the end of WWII, Britten Sinfonia performs musical responses from then & now, including pieces by Martinu & Richard Strauss, and a new work by Michael Zev Gordon.

Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00

...5 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.

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 American harpist blends jazz and ambient music on her latest release.

Thursday 00:30 - 06:30

The RTV Slovenia SO is joined by cellist Tamás Varga for Shostakovich's Cello Concerto no 1. John Shea presents.

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

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including flautist Emmanuel Pahud in music by Mozart.

Thursday 16:00 - 17:00

4/5. Nielsen was a cheerful character, probably one of his biggest personality traits. Donald Macleod joins him as he's becoming a dad, buys a faraway retreat and enters a masked ball.

Thursday 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc Trewlany presents 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 music.

Thursday 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales are joined by conductor Daniel Cohen to perform Boulez's Livre pour cordes and Mémoriale, alongside works by Berg, Messiaen and Wagner.

Thursday 21:45 - 22:00

...5 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.

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

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras, with a focus on new British artists.

Friday 00:30 - 06:30

Tenebrae perform Bach's iconic motets together with Sir James MacMillan's sacred music at Les Riches Heures de Valère, a Swiss early music festival.