Thursday 13:00 - 16:00
Mark Forrest introduces an afternoon of concert recordings from the Czech Republic plus chamber music by Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries from London's LSO St. Luke's.
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Thu Mar 26
Thursday 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Thomas Adès tells Donald Macleod about the joys and challenges of conducting his own music, and reveals the inspiration behind one of his favourite orchestral creations.
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 music.
Thursday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Tomas Djupsjöbacka perform Britten, Weber and Hindemith. Stephen Banks joins for the UK premiere of Joan Towers' Love Returns.
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
Composer Erland Cooper journeys through the soundscapes of mythical cities.
Thursday 22:00 - 23:30
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Thursday 23:30 - 00:30
Tonight, Jamie Cullum has another selection of jazz from the UK and around the world.
Fri Mar 27
Today 00:30 - 06:30
The Cererols Choir, organist Joan Seguí and conductor Marc Díaz perform music by Monteverdi, Cererols, Kerll, Howells, Lassus and Vivancos. Jonathan Swain presents.
Today 06:30 - 09:30
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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
Mark Forrest with exclusive recordings for the afternoon including performances from the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and chamber music from LSO St. Luke's in London.
Today 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Donald Macleod and Thomas Adès dive into his more recent works, including his opera The Exterminating Angel and his water-inspired concert piece, Aquifer.
Today 17:00 - 19:00
Live music from Johannes Pramsohler.
Today 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Today 19:30 - 21:45
Favourite moments from the Broadway and the West End, including Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, Carousel and Company all sung by the dazzling BBC Singers.
Today 21:45 - 22:00
Erland takes a mystical trip north of the Himalayas, to the 'earthly paradise' of Shambhala, to explore its luminous heart: the capital city of Kalapa.
Today 22:00 - 23:30
Jennifer Lucy Allan pays a visit to the London studio of field recordist, sound artist and founder of the Flaming Pines label, Kate Carr.
Today 23:30 - 00:30
Rounding off Jamie Cullum's week sitting in for Soweto Kinch on 'Round Midnight, Jamie invites singer Ego Ella May as his Friday night mixtape guest.
Sat Mar 28
Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30
The SEMPRE baroque music ensemble perform in a concert organised as part of the Bucharest Early Music Season on the occasion of Early Music Day 2025. Jonathan Swain 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
Tom talks to the brilliant Canadian violinist James Ehnes, who is in the middle of a world tour to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Tomorrow 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by the writer and oncologist Professor Jonathan Waxman.
Tomorrow 13:00 - 14:00
Mark Radcliffe discusses his favourite choral music, including works by Mozart, Ticheli, Barber and Eric Whitacre.
Tomorrow 14:00 - 16:00
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by guest reviewers Jeremy Sams and Allyson Devenish, who picks her favourite recording of Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
Edith Bowman showcases the finest in film and television scores- featuring a conversation with British musician and composer Antony Genn on scoring the new Peaky Blinders movie.
Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam swaps music choices with British-American violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen.
Tomorrow 18:00 - 21:30
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Verdi's La Traviata starring Lisette Oropesa and Piotr Buszewski. Antonello Manacorda conducts.
Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:30
Kathryn Tickell plays Guinean revolutionary music, Klezmer melodies, and a new track from Charif Megarbane. Alsos, Colombian artist Cimarrón picks three tracks that embody joropo.
Tomorrow 22:30 - 00:30
Kate Molleson presents Ryoji Ikeda's Metal Music, recorded at London's Barbican Hall, and Tansy Davies selects her Listen List. Plus composer/vocalist Elaine Mitchener.
Sun Mar 29
Sunday 00:30 - 06:30
A recital from London's Wigmore Hall featuring Meta4 performing Robert Schumann's String Quartet no 1 and Sally Beamish's String Quartet no 4 'Nine Fragments'.
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
Join Petroc Trelawny for three hours of classical masterpieces, the perfect start to your Sunday.
Sunday 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is the award-winning comedian and writer Miranda Hart.
Sunday 13:30 - 15:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Vivaldi's setting of the Stabat Mater, a 13th-century hymn to the Virgin Mary. Featuring medieval music and sacred works from Dvorak, Handel and Gounod.
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
From St Barnabas Church, Ealing, London, with Imperial College Chamber Choir.
Sunday 16:00 - 21:00
Radio 3's annual celebration of sacred music for Holy Week with concerts from across Europe.
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
For the final show in the series, Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore explore a piece which placed its composer at the vanguard of mid-century modernism: Le marteau sans maître.
Sunday 22:00 - 22:30
A reflective service of night prayer from the Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, London.
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.
Mon Mar 30
Monday 00:30 - 06:30
Il Gardellino perform music by Bach, Agrell, Fasch, Vivaldi and Telemann.
Monday 06:30 - 09:30
John Toal 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
Linton Stephens introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a live concert from Wigmore Hall with Paul Lewis, the Vertavo String Quartet and Tim Gibbs.
Monday 16:00 - 17:00
1/5. Hildegard's life is changed for ever after she reveals a long-held secret. With Donald Macleod.
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 music.
Monday 19:30 - 21:45
The Ulster Orchestra with movements from Smetana's Má vlast, Falla's Three-Cornered Hat Suite No.1 and Francisco Coll's Turia, a shimmering guitar concerto written in 2017.
Monday 21:45 - 22:00
1/5. Composer Hildegard of Bingen tells her story. Performed by Juliet Stevenson.
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
Tonight Soweto is back with more of the best in jazz and welcomes Salin as his 4/4 guest.
Tue Mar 31
Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30
Renaud Capuçon conducts the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with Martha Argerich as the soloist in Beethoven's second piano concerto, paired with Brahms's Serenade no 2.
Tuesday 06:30 - 09:30
John Toal presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Tuesday 09:30 - 13:00
Ian Skelly 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 Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor and recent chamber music recordings from the Crucible, Sheffield.
Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
2/5. Leonarda's talent flourishes within the confines of her convent. With Donald Macleod.
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.
Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth are joined by Alban Gerhardt for an all-British programme.
Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00
2/5. Medieval composer and polymath Hildegard of Bingen remembers her life as an anchoress. A fictionalised account, written by Anna Linstrum and performed by Juliet Stevenson.
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 returns with more of the best in jazz from the UK and around the world.
Wed Apr 01
Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30
Pianist Alexander Malofeev joins the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin and conductor Elim Chan in Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and Prokofiev's Symphony no 5. John Shea presents.
Wednesday 06:30 - 09:30
John Toal presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Wednesday 09:30 - 13:00
Ian Skelly 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 recordings, including sacred music by Bach and Haydn and recent chamber music recordings from the Crucible, Sheffield.
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00
Live from Newcastle Cathedral for the Wednesday in Holy Week, with music by Gesualdo, Eriks Esenvalds, Dvorák and Dupré.
Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Hildegard becomes a leader and strikes out on her own. With Donald Macleod.
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 music.
Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45
Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1, and Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00
3/5. Medieval composer and polymath Hildegard of Bingen navigates challenges as a prioress. A fictionalised account, written by Anna Linstrum and performed by Juliet Stevenson.
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 'Round Midnight Thai drummer and producer Salin returns to share her third 4/4 pick of the week.
Thu Apr 02
Thursday 00:30 - 06:30
Organist Pavao Masic joins the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra and conductor Pascal Rophé in Saint-Saëns' 'Organ' Symphony, plus a premiere by Kresimir Seletkovic.
Thursday 06:30 - 09:30
John Toal presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Thursday 09:30 - 13:00
Ian Skelly 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 Górecki's Symphony No. 3 and recent chamber music recordings from the Crucible, Sheffield.
Thursday 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Donald Macleod examines how Leonarda's music gained a wider audience beyond the walls of her convent.
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 music.
Thursday 19:30 - 21:45
Tenebrae joins the Britten Sinfonia for an emotionally charged evening, culminating in James MacMillan's Passion meditation, Seven Last Words from the Cross.
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
4/5. Medieval composer and polymath Hildegard of Bingen builds her own community but experiences a great loss. Written by Anna Linstrum and performed by Juliet Stevenson.
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
Salin is back with her fourth and final 4/4 pick of the week and Soweto has more of the best new jazz releases.
Fri Apr 03
Friday 00:30 - 06:30
National Vocal Ensemble and conductor Marcus Creed perform music for Passiontide. John Shea presents.