Today 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by pianists Samson Tsoy and Pavel Kolesnikov.
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Sat Feb 14
Today 13:00 - 14:00
Justin Webb (Today and Americast presenter) explores the relationship between classical music and American political history. Today, how music reflects more recent conflicts.
Today 14:00 - 16:00
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by pianists Lucy Parham and Kathryn Stott, who picks her favourite recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2.
Today 16:00 - 17:00
Celebrate love on screen with Edith Bowman - with music from Sense and Sensibility, Gone with the Wind and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Today 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam meets Scottish composer Jay Capperauld to share the music they love, including tracks by Vivaldi, Gordon McPherson and Kate Bush.
Today 18:00 - 21:30
In a performance from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Opera on 3 celebrates Valentine's Day with Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, starring Pretty Yende and Michael Spyres.
Today 21:30 - 22:30
Kathryn Tickell celebrates Valentine's Day with an intimate acoustic session from Malagasy guitarist Damily, and cultural archivist Idel Rasheed picks out three Somali love songs.
Today 22:30 - 00:30
The best and latest in cutting-edge and experimental new music including the world premiere of Klaus Lang's emblemata sonantes, a musical imagining of Graz's Eggenberg Palace.
Sun Feb 15
Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra play Bruckner's 4th symphony, Strauss' last four songs with soprano Asmik Grigorian and a work by Lisa Streich.
Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:00
Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Tomorrow 09:00 - 12:00
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're feeling energised, or need some downtime after a busy week.
Tomorrow 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is the historical novelist Philippa Gregory, whose stories from the Tudor and Plantagenet courts have become bestsellers worldwide.
Tomorrow 13:30 - 15:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a route to the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - one of Franz Liszt's most famous compositions.
Tomorrow 15:00 - 16:00
Live from Ripon Cathedral, with music by Philip Wilby, Wood, Bairstow and Holst.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00
Hannah French and New York-based wine historian Ron Merlino explore music and wines associated with 18th-century Venice during Carnevale, especially in operas by Vivaldi.
Tomorrow 18:00 - 19:15
A kaleidoscope of sights, sounds and music from four centuries of revelry and reflection in the City of Masks.
Tomorrow 19:15 - 19:45
Return to Kowloon-City of Darkness. Writer Paul French conjures up this once teeming Hong Kong megastructure - at one point the densest concentration of humanity anywhere.
Tomorrow 19:45 - 20:00
Adjoa Osei uncovers the story of performer spy Miss Bartira whose act landed her in prison.
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian explores the East-meets-West music of Maki Ishii.
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30
Elizabeth Alker picks new releases from the world of ambient music. Plus celebrated writer Helen Mort shares a piece of music that transports her elsewhere.
Mon Feb 16
Monday 00:30 - 06:30
The Danish National Vocal Ensemble and Conductor Laureate Marcus Creed celebrate St Cecilia, the patron saint of music, with a concert of choral music.
Monday 06:30 - 09:30
Al Ryan presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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
The Chiaroscuro Quartet plays Beethoven live at Wigmore Hall, plus recordings from the best Dutch orchestras and highlights from the recent RNCM International Brass Band Festival.
Monday 16:00 - 17:00
1/5. Donald Macleod explores Rachmaninov's life in exile from Russia and attachment to the home he left behind: the country estate Ivanovka.
Monday 17:00 - 19:00
Violinist Tim Crawford, viola player Noga Shaham and cellist Adrian Brendel perform live in studio. Petroc Trelawny talks to composer Steven Price about Ocean in Concert.
Monday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring music from Sergey Rachmaninov, Lucy Walker, Fanny Mendelssohn, and film composer Nicholas Britell.
Monday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Hamlet, Bonis's Ophelie and Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Guy Johnston joins for the premiere of Joseph Phibbs's Cello Concerto.
Monday 21:45 - 22:00
Counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives of much-loved composers. How Maurice Ravel silenced his critics with the help of his 'family'.
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
Vocalist and multidisciplinary artist Zola Marcelle is sitting in for Soweto this week on 'Round Midnight.
Tue Feb 17
Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30
In this birthday concert, chamber music classics by Beethoven and Brahms are performed alongside a new work by the Swiss oboist, composer and conductor Heinz Holliger.
Tuesday 06:30 - 09:30
Al Ryan 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
Lahav Shani conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Beethoven, there's a Beethoven sonata with pianist Imogen Cooper plus highlights from the RNCM International Brass Band Festival.
Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
2/5. Rachmaninov finds himself having to take on the running of the Ivanovka estate, and buys a car to zip around the surrounding countryside when it all gets a bit much.
Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc Trelawny welcomes harpist Catrin Finch to 80A. He is also joined in studio by composer and double bassist Bára Gísladóttir.
Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45
The annual RNCM International Brass Band Festival brings together some of the greatest bands in the world, Mark Forrest introduces the concert given by the Black Dyke Band.
Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00
Startling, counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of composers. How Felix Mendelssohn was blessed and blighted by a curse.
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
The South London vocalist, trombonist and producer takes us round her record collection.
Wed Feb 18
Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30
Countertenor Iestyn Davies joins the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and conductor Robin Ticciati in Handel and Mozart arias. John Shea presents.
Wednesday 06:30 - 09:30
Al Ryan 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
Nikola Meeuwsen joins the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra in Utrecht to play Mozart's Piano Concerto No.9, plus a highlight from the RNCM International Brass Band Festival.
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00
Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford on Ash Wednesday, with music by MacMillan, Byrd and Tallis.
Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Rachmaninov is forced to embark on a new full-time career as a concert pianist, through his first months as a refugee in Europe, and his passage west again, to New York.
Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc Trelawny welcomes folk trio The Weaving to 80A. He is also joined by pianist Tamara Stefanovich.
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sakari Oramo in Stravinsky's ravishing Perséphone plus Magnus Lindberg's Violin Concerto No.1 with star soloist Lisa Batiashvili.
Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00
Startling, counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of composers. How Jean-Baptiste Lully's death was brought on by vanity.
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
Zola spins a track from the virtuosic guitarist and vocalist featuring an all-star lineup.
Thu Feb 19
Thursday 00:30 - 06:30
Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins the eminent orchestra for Gershwin's Piano Concerto plus music by Stravinsky, Ravel & Carlos Simon. John Shea presents.
Thursday 06:30 - 09:30
Al Ryan 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
The Trio Orelon play Beethoven's monumental Archduke Trio, the Rotterdam Philharmonic play Mozart Symphony No.39, plus more festive music for Brass Band.
Thursday 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Rachmaninov builds a new home in Switzerland, a villa called Senar, which attempts to recreate aspects of the Russian home he had had to leave behind.
Thursday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc Trelawny welcomes Boris Giltburg in studio for a live performance. Tess Jackson also joins live in 80A.
Thursday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Thursday 19:30 - 21:45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth live from Glasgow.
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
Counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of composers. How Claude Debussy's music 'took off' after a chance meeting with a yogi.
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
Zola presents a track from the London pianist, which reimagines a classical favourite.
Fri Feb 20
Friday 00:30 - 06:30
Handel's Dixit Dominus, Nisi Dominus and Salve Regina performed by soloists with the Hungarian Radio Chorus and Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Matthias Church, Budapest.
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
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Friday 13:00 - 16:00
Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Mahler's 5th Symphony and Alexander Gavryluk plays Grieg's Piano Concerto. Plus Beethoven's 'Pathetique' Sonata.
Friday 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Rachmaninov's final years are spent on American Soil - in Hollywood - sheltering from the war in Europe.
Friday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc Trelawny is joined by Dowland's Foundry - performing live to mark the 400th anniversary of Dowland's death. Georgia Shackleton is also live in the studio with Aaren Bennett.
Friday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Friday 19:30 - 21:45
From Alexandra Palace Theatre, the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe take part in the first ever London Soundtrack Festival, playing film and TV music.
Friday 21:45 - 22:00
Startling, counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of much-loved composers. How dark arts destroyed Antonio Salieri's legacy.
Friday 22:00 - 23:30
Verity Sharp shares the fruits of our latest remote collaboration session, between multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart and avant-garde alto saxophone player Signe Emmeluth.
Friday 23:30 - 00:30
Zola welcomes the London producer and songwriter as her Friday night mixtape guest.
Sat Feb 21
Saturday 00:30 - 06:30
The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and Falla's Three Cornered Hat. Guitarist Mak Grgic joins for Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
Saturday 06:30 - 09:00
Hannah French presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Saturday 09:00 - 12:00
Tom is joined by the violinist Rachel Podger.
Saturday 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by the award-winning film director Nicolas Brown.
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
Violinist Tasmin Little talks to musicians Kathryn Stott and Sean Bishop who have decided to explore a new life, away from public performance.
Saturday 14:00 - 16:00
Andrew McGregor picks new classical releases with guest reviewers Linton Stephens and Marina Frolova-Walker, who recommends her favourite recording of Weber's opera Der Freischutz.
Saturday 16:00 - 17:00
Alexandre Desplat talks about his BAFTA nominated score to Frankenstein. Plus music from the other 2026 nominees: Max Richter, Ludwig Gorranson, Jonny Greenwood and Jerskin Fendrix.
Saturday 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with soprano Ruby Hughes, including tracks by Errollyn Wallen, Sibelius and Dave Okumu.
Saturday 18:00 - 21:30
Rdipe - George Enescu's masterly retelling of the Oedpius tragedy in a performance from the Bregenz Festival conducted by Hannu Lintu.
Saturday 21:30 - 22:30
Lopa Kothari takes us on a journey across dunes and oases with a live set from Daara Tribes, recorded at Hootananny, London. Plus, new music from Airelle Besson and Lionel Suarez.
Saturday 22:30 - 00:30
Kate Molleson presents exclusive recordings of Riot Ensemble playing Corie Rose Soumah and Anna Meredith. Plus new releases of the latest in cutting-edge and experimental music.