Friday 13:00 - 16:00
Linton Stephens introduces Brahms' sunny Second Symphony, specially recorded in Munich, plus a showcase of Radio 3 New Generation Artists in Aberdeen.
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Fri Jan 17
Friday 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Donald Macleod assesses the different values Haydn placed on his friendships with a Viennese society woman and a London-based widow, with music from The Creation.
Friday 17:00 - 19:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined in the In Tune studio by the Novo Quartet.
Friday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including chamber music by Mozart and Schumann.
Friday 19:30 - 21:45
Richard Balcombe conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in classic film scores from British cinema, live from Chichester Festival Theatre. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Friday 21:45 - 22:00
...and found. Instrument makers are building a hybrid instrument to enable musicians to make their own quality cellos. Kate Kennedy reflects on a reimagined cello whose story is yet to begin.
Friday 22:00 - 23:30
Verity Sharp traverses new musical landscapes, with geologically-inspired post-classical explorations and new music from desert blues luminary Samba Touré.
Friday 23:30 - 00:30
Soweto presents live music by Spanish vocalist and guitarist Lau Noah, recorded live onstage in the Barbican Foyer.
Sat Jan 18
Today 00:30 - 06:30
At the 2024 Schubertiade Hohenems festival in Austria, a performance of Dvorák's "American" String Quintet and Schubert's String Quartet no 15. John Shea presents.
Today 06:30 - 09:00
Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.
Today 09:00 - 12:00
Hannah French talks to conductor Sir Simon Rattle as he celebrates his 70th birthday.
Today 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by restaurateur Jeremy King with music by Mahler, Mendelssohn, Higdon and Peggy Lee.
Today 13:00 - 14:00
...Stave. Writer and satirist Chris Addison explores how composers have handled religion over the years, and how they have used music to challenge its power and authority. 4/6.
Today 14:00 - 16:00
Marina Frolova-Walker choses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet fantasy overture in Building a Library.
Today 16:00 - 17:00
With the Maria Callas biopic starring Angelina Jolie in cinemas, Matthew Sweet talks to its director Pablo Larrain about bringing Maria Callas alive through Angelina Jolie's voice.
Today 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam is joined by composer Anna Clyne to share some of their favourite tracks, including music from Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Stravinsky and Simon & Garfunkel.
Today 18:00 - 20:00
In the week of his 70th birthday, Opera on 3 celebrates Simon Rattle with a recording of the piece which made him want to become an opera conductor.
Today 20:00 - 21:30
A selection of highlight recordings of Simon Rattle with the major orchestras from his career.
Today 21:30 - 22:30
Kathryn Tickell presents a selection of the best new roots-based music from around the globe, including Ghanaian highlife, pre-Colombian flutes, and Somali funk.
Today 22:30 - 00:30
The Colin Currie Quartet perform Anna Meredith's Bumps Per Minute: Studies for Dodgems, and Daily Affirmation, a brand new work by Ben Nobuto.
Sun Jan 19
Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30
Cellist Julia Hagen joins the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada in Dvorák's Cello Concerto. John Shea presents.
Tomorrow 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.
Tomorrow 09:00 - 12:00
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're having some friends over for a coffee, or getting stuck into some DIY.
Tomorrow 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is the best-selling author of Longitude, writer Dava Sobel.
Tomorrow 13:30 - 15:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture in the sound worlds of Niels Gade, Thea Musgrave, Aidan O'Rourke, Jean Sibelius, and Brighde Chaimbeul.
Tomorrow 15:00 - 16:00
Live from Manchester Cathedral, with music by Jonathan Dove and Leighton.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00
Mark Seow explores the links between Bach's music and the subject of farming...not only of the soil but also of the heart and of the soul.
Tomorrow 18:00 - 19:15
Clare Perkins and Jonathan Keeble with readings on the theme of returning from Shakespeare, Milton and Carol Ann Duffy, with music by Rachmaninov, Haydn, The Beatles and Elvis.
Tomorrow 19:15 - 20:00
...a Lost Ugandan Opera. Mugabi Turya traces the forgotten legacy of pioneering Ugandan composer and scholar Solomon Mbabi Katana, and his place in the wider story of opera in postcolonial Africa.
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:30
...part 2. Ncuti Gatwa, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Malachi Kirby star in Gatsby in Harlem. F Scott Fizgerald's The Great Gatsby reimagined by Roy Williams and set in the 1920s Harlem Renaissance.
Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:00
Santiago Sanchez sings a tender song by Joaquin Rodrigo, Emma Rawicz plays her own moving Lament, and pianist Mariam Batsashvili reveals new colours in Cesar Franck.
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
8/12. Ólafur Arnalds looks to the skies with a celestial soundtrack for stargazing. Plus the LA composer and vocalist Julianna Barwick transports us to her safe haven.
Tomorrow 23:00 - 23:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists.
Mon Jan 20
Monday 00:30 - 06:30
The RAI National Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky's romantic overture after Romeo and Juliet and Stravinsky's witty and light-hearted ballet suite inspired by a game of cards.
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
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Monday 13:00 - 16:00
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales are in the spotlight across this week, but the programme opens with live music from Wigmore Hall with the Juilliard Quartet playing Beethoven.
Monday 16:00 - 17:00
1/5. Donald Macleod explores the early influences Gustav Holst had upon his daughter Imogen.
Monday 17:00 - 19:00
Katie Derham introduces live music from the Pavel Haas Quartet ahead of their UK concerts in January.
Monday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites from renowned composers such as Gipps, Rachmaninov and Bruckner.
Monday 19:30 - 21:45
Sir Simon Rattle celebrates his 70th birthday with the LSO in a concert of British music: Vaughan Williams, Tippett and the world première of Mark-Anthony Turnage's guitar concerto.
Monday 21:45 - 22:00
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores how Northumbrian rock art reveals our enduring relationship and fascination with stone.
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
Journalist, author, broadcaster and friend of the show Kevin Le Gendre is back to sit in for Soweto all this week on 'Round Midnight.
Tue Jan 21
Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30
Cellist Branimir Pusticki joins the Croatian RT Symphony Orchestra and conductor Pavle Zajcev in Schumann's Cello Concerto and the orchestra plays Brahms's 2nd Symphony.
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
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Sibelius and Dvorak, and violinist Rachel Podger and recorder player Lucie Horsch headline a celebration of the Baroque from LSO St Luke's.
Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
2/5. Imogen Holst returns to the UK and tries to find the right job. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00
Katie Derham is joined by pianist Mariam Batiashvilli ahead of her concert at London's Wigmore Hall.
Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Mozart, Dowland and Richard Rodgers/Wallen alongside music by Purcell, Poulenc, Rebelo and Eric Whitacre.
Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Antony Hermus perform Janácek's Cunning Little Vixen, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and Laura van der Heijden joins for Martinu's Cello Concerto.
Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores our relationship with wood as she traces the story of Seahenge, a wooden Bronze Age funerary monument discovered on the beach in North Norfolk.
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
Kevin Le Gendre, sitting in all week for Soweto Kinch, presents 'Round Midnight - a celebration of jazz from across the spectrum, with a particular focus on new UK music.
Wed Jan 22
Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30
Leif Ove Andsnes & friends perform chamber music by Mozart at the 2022 BBC Proms. Presented by John Shea.
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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Wednesday 13:00 - 15:00
The National Orchestra of Wales perform music from Wales and a new work from Jessie Montgomery, and Forma Antiqva present music by Telemann from LSO St Luke's. With Tom McKinney.
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00
From St Lawrence Church, York, with the Ebor Singers, with music by Mundy, Coleridge-Taylor, Bull and Bach.
Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Donald Macleod explores Imogen Holst's time as a teacher at Dartington and then in India.
Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00
Pianist Warren Mailley-Smith performs live in the In Tune Studio to promote his Chopin and Champaign by Candlelight concert series at 1901 Arts Club.
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45
Mariam Batsashvili plays a recital of piano music including Haydn's Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, Beethoven's Rage over a lost penny, as well as music by Brahms, Schubert, and Liszt.
Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby delights in the tactile quality of clay, exploring how the processes of making pottery can reveal different understandings of archaeological ceramics.
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
Kevin Le Gendre continues his week sitting in for Soweto Kinch on 'Round Midnight.
Thu Jan 23
Thursday 00:30 - 06:30
The Modigliani Quartet performs Schubert's 7th String Quartet and Beethoven's first Razumovsky quartet. They're joined by Sharon Kam for Brahms's Clarinet Quintet.
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, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Thursday 13:00 - 16:00
Tom McKinney introduces exclusive recordings from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including Bruckner and a new piece by Elena Kats-Chernin. Plus more Ornaments of the Baroque.
Thursday 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Donald Macleod delves into the period when Imogen Holst moved to Aldeburgh to work with Britten.
Thursday 17:00 - 19:00
Live music from US-based a cappella ensemble, Lyyra, ahead of their UK debut at Kings Place.
Thursday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Louis Couperin, Cimarosa, Moeran, Philip Glass, Schubert, Villa-Lobos, Mozart and JS Bach.
Thursday 19:30 - 21:45
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24, plus Britten's Suite on English Folk Tunes and Vaughan Williams' Symphony No 4.
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby visits Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall, where leather artefacts have been preserved at the Roman fort for nearly 2000 years.
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
A premiere of a piece from the UK pianist's forthcoming album. Kevin Le Gendre continues his week sitting in for Soweto Kinch on 'Round Midnight.
Fri Jan 24
Friday 00:30 - 06:30
Angela Hewitt plays Ravel's Piano Concerto in G with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, in a programme including Dutilleux's Métaboles and Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole.
Friday 06:30 - 09:30
Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Friday 09:30 - 13:00
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Friday 13:00 - 16:00
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perofrm Elgar's Enigma Variations alongside a symphony by Peteris Vasks, and Tom McKinney introduces music by Bach and his contemporaries.
Friday 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Donald Macleod delves into Holst's final years when she composed her significant String Quintet.
Friday 17:00 - 19:00
Violinist Nigel Kennedy performs live ahead of his concert Concert for Justice, Peace, Acceptance and Forgiveness at the Barbican.
Friday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
Friday 19:30 - 21:45
Recorded on New Year's Day in Shenzhen. The BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing with music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Malcolm Arnold and Maxwell Davies.
Friday 21:45 - 22:00
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby tells the enchanting story of steel in Sheffield, visiting a cutler and a blacksmith to better understand complex metallurgical crafts.
Friday 22:00 - 23:30
Verity Sharp embarks on another adventure into the furthest reaches of sound, with bird calls made from a tiny portative organ and the life of a cell imagined sonically.
Friday 23:30 - 00:30
Journalist, author and broadcaster Kevin Le Gendre sits in for Soweto Kinch on 'Round Midnight, Radio 3's nightly look at jazz from all styles and eras.