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Today 00:30 - 06:30

Nicolas Altstaedt joins the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev in Bacewicz's Cello Concerto no 2, plus works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Mozart.

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

Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Bartok & Liszt, the Leonkoro Quartet performs Haydn's Bird Quartet, and The Ulster Orchestra plays music by Sibelius, Stanford and Shostakovich.

Today 16:00 - 17:00

4/5. Donald Macleod enters the Parisian world of Frederic Chopin. Today, cracks begin to show in Chopin's strange relationship with the writer George Sand.

Today 17:00 - 19:00

Live music from American composer Jeff Beal and double bassist Levi Andreassen.

Today 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites from composers such as Bruch, Elgar and Rachmaninov.

Today 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo on tour in China perform Brahms's Symphony No 2, Judith Weir, and with soloist Bertrand Chamayou Bartok's Piano Concerto No 3.

Today 21:45 - 22:00

In conversation with Olivia O'Leary, traditional Irish musician Martin Hayes talks about his musical hero, the legendary fiddle-player Tommie Potts.

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

This Thursday night, Soweto has more of the best in jazz from the UK and around the world.

Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30

Pianist Vadym Kholodenko joins the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and conductor Leslie Suganandarajah in Brahms's Second Piano Concerto, and the orchestra plays Schubert's 4th Symphony.

Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 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

Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Bartok & Schubert, the Leonkoro Quartet performs Brahms' String Quartet No. 1 and The Ulster Orchestra plays Dvorak, Britten & Schumann's 2nd Symphony.

Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00

5/5. Donald Macleod enters the Parisian world of Frederic Chopin. Today, the story of Chopin's return to the stage in his dramatic final years.

Tomorrow 17:00 - 19:00

Petroc Trelawny with live music from the Puppini Sisters and chat with conductor Tarmo Peltokoski.

Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

Tomorrow 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Concert Orchestra, from Alexandra Palace, with conductor Fiona Monbet and clarinettist Giacomo Smith in works by Gershwin, Ellington, Reinhardt and Debussy.

Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:00

In conversation with Olivia O'Leary, Irish fiddle-player Martin Hayes talks about his collaborations with musicians from other genres, including jazz and classical.

Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:30

Ahead of their final tour as Cabaret Voltaire, Jennifer Lucy Allan invites Stephen 'Mal' Mallinder and Chris Watson to put together an exclusive mixtape for Late Junction.

Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30

Tonight's featured concert comes from pianist and composer Makiko Hirabayashi and her band The Weavers, recorded live in Hamburg late last year.

Saturday 00:30 - 06:30

Bach, Biber and Buxtehude with Mira Glodeanu and the SEMPRE baroque music ensemble. Penny Gore presents.

Saturday 06:30 - 09:00

Al Ryan 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 for the weekend. Tom's guest is violinist Alena Baeva, who performs live in the studio.

Saturday 12:00 - 13:00

Jools is joined by architectural historian Sir Charles Saumarez Smith to explore the life and work of 18th-century architect and playwright John Vanbrugh, who died 300 years ago.

Saturday 13:00 - 14:00

The year is 1182. Notre-Dame de Paris is consecrated, and new musical ideas are born.

Saturday 14:00 - 16:00

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by Joseph McHardy and Yshani Perinpanayagam, who chooses her favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9.

Saturday 16:00 - 17:00

Join Edith Bowman for a soundtrack-rich journey through worlds of fairytales and fantasy, with composer Nitin Sawhney on the Lord of the Rings, and actor and musician Jeff Goldblum.

Saturday 17:00 - 18:00

Jess Gillam swaps music choices with cellist Sterling Elliott.

Saturday 18:00 - 20:15

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Kaija Saariaho's Innocence starring Vilma Jää as the grieving mother and Joyce DiDonato as the Waitress. Susanna Mälkki conducts.

Saturday 20:15 - 21:30

The BBC Singers give the world premiere of a dramatic setting of the passion story as told in the Gospel of St Mark.

Saturday 21:30 - 22:30

Lopa Kothari looks ahead to London's La Linea festival with a live session from Las Salseras, who pay tribute to legendary Cuban singer Celia Cruz.

Saturday 22:30 - 00:30

Kate Molleson with live recordings from the Eavesdropping festival of experimental music in London as well as orchestral works by Katherine Balch and Ana Maria Avram.

Sunday 00:30 - 06:30

Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sophie Bevan, Isata Kanneh-Mason, the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus.

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 with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're busy tackling chores or having some down time after a busy week.

Sunday 12:00 - 13:30

Michael Berkeley's Guest is the entrepreneur and hotel owner Dietmar Mueller-Elmau.

Sunday 13:30 - 15:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an exploration of musical connections that lead to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

Tenor Nicky Spence explores the deep and often-overlooked connections between classical music and the world of musical theatre.

Sunday 16:00 - 17:00

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, including music from Carla Bley, Tim Garland & Art Pepper plus a tribute to broadcaster/writer Geoffrey Smith.

Sunday 17:00 - 18:00

Hannah French explores the Marais disctrict of Paris, especially its churches which were home to some of France's best known musicians in the 17th and 18th Centuries and beyond.

Sunday 18:00 - 19:00

From Guildford Cathedral, with music by Robert Walker, Dyson, Melissa Dunphy and Francis Pott.

Sunday 19:00 - 19:45

Afterwords explores the work of Rosemary Brown, an English composer and spirit medium who said her pieces were dictated by dead composers like Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy.

Sunday 19:45 - 21:00

From Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood to Bluebeard's Castle and Mother Goose plus modern fairy tale versions by Angela Carter, Jeanette Winterson and Nikita Gill.

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

3/12. Look to the past with Erland Cooper and some meditative selections related to childhood, ageing and the passing of time. Plus a musical safe haven from guitarist Sean Shibe.

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

Join Elizabeth Alker for a late-night journey through folkloric and fairytale-inspired music from genre-defying artists as part of the BBC's 'Once Upon a Time' season.

Monday 00:30 - 06:30

Inaugural concert of the harpsichord donated to the Presidency of the Republic by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. Music by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Vivaldi and Abel.

Monday 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney 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

Elizabeth Alker introduces a week long celebration of fairy tales in music beginning in the world of Hans Christian Andersen, plus live music from Wigmore Hall from Voces8.

Monday 16:00 - 17:00

1/5. Donald Macleod explores how his employer's obsession for opera fuelled his own musical growth, despite a catastrophic fire.

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 favourites.

Monday 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo on tour from Seoul plays Strauss's Don Juan, Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, and Britten's Piano Concerto with soloist Yeol Eum Son.

Monday 21:45 - 22:00

1/10. Jerry Brotton explores the short and turbulent life of Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe.

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

Soweto welcomes South London singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and film score composer Tawiah as his 4/4 guest.

Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30

The St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra performs Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade suite, alongside Dohnányi's Symphonic Minutes and Gyula Dávid's Viola Concerto with soloist Dana Zemtsov.

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

Music and fairy tales with specially recorded performances of works inspired by the writings of the Brothers Grimm from Ravel, Humperdinck, Mahler and others.

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00

2/5. Donald Macleod explores Haydn's trips from Esterhaza to Vienna and his attempts to join the Viennese musical scene from afar.

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 favourites.

Tuesday 19:30 - 21:45

Mark Wigglesworth conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, with soloists Stephen Waarts and Timothy Ridout, and Dvorak's 8th Symphony.

Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00

2/10. Jerry Brotton visits Canterbury, the town of Kit Marlowe's birth to explore the currents which would later find their ways into Marlowe's plays.

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 presents another night of the best in jazz from the UK and around the world.

Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30

Latvian pianist Reinis Zarins features in a chamber music concert from Riga, performing music by Bach, Vasks, Britten and Silvestrov. Penny Gore presents.

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 features music with its roots in the fairy tale from Schumann and Janacek plus a live concert from Salford from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00

Live from the Chapel of Selwyn College, Cambridge, with music by Wood, Tamsin Jones and John Rutter.

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00

3/5. Donald Macleod explores the friendship which was kindled between the two greatest composers in the world - Haydn and Mozart.

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 favourites.

Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45

Joshua Weilerstein joins the BBC Philharmonic for music by Kapustin, Dvorák, and Duke Ellington.

Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00

3/10. Jerry Brotton visits Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, where Kit Marlowe studied and was transformed from scholarship boy to gentleman - and spy.

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

This Wednesday night, Tawiah is back to share another album from her collection for 4/4.

Thursday 00:30 - 06:30

Thorsten Johanns joins the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Hindemith's Clarinet Concerto. Later, an arrangement of Debussy's 'Children's Corner' and Rameau's Suite from 'Naïs'.

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 introduces music inspired by the writings of Alexander Afanesyev and the Russian fairy tale, plus highlights from lutenist Thomas Dunford recorded at LSO St. Luke's.

Thursday 16:00 - 17:00

4/5. Donald Macleod explores how Haydn's popularity grew at this time throughout Europe.

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 favourites.

Thursday 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Elim Chan reveal the deadly secrets of Bartók's thrilling work 'Bluebeard's Castle' with the help of two world-class soloists.

Thursday 21:45 - 22:00

4/10. Jerry Brotton explores Tamburlaine and how Kit Marlowe's 'mighty line' transformed British theatre.

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

Soweto presents more of the best in jazz, and Tawiah is back to share her last 4/4 pick of the week.

Friday 00:30 - 06:30

The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra perform Stravinsky's Firebird suite, Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' and Gershwin's Cuban Overture. Penny Gore presents.