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Tue Sep 10
Classical Live

Today 12:00 - 15:00

Tom McKinney with a performance from pianist Boris Giltburg and the Pavel Haas Quartet at the East Neuk Festival plus a chance to hear Lili Boulanger, Ravel and Faure at the Proms.

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg

Today 15:00 - 16:00

2/5. Kate Molleson explores Schoenberg's traumatic first marriage and the importance for him of Gustav Mahler.

In Tune

Today 16:00 - 18:00

Katie Derham with live performance from pianist Daniel Grimwood, cellist Jonathan Ayling, clarinettist Sarah Williamson and violinist Joseph Wolfe.

BBC Proms 2024

Today 18:00 - 21:15

Live at the BBC Proms: Garsington Opera conducted by Douglas Boyd and with soloists including Iestyn Davies and Lucy Crowe perform Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Night Tracks

Today 21:15 - 22:30

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

'Round Midnight

Today 22:30 - 23:30

Soweto selects a NikNak rework of a track by his fellow Midlands sax player.

Through the Night

Today 23:30 - 05:30

Pianist Jorge Luis Prats performs with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Alondra de la Parra. John Shea presents.

Wed Sep 11
Breakfast

Tomorrow 05:30 - 08:30

Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Essential Classics

Tomorrow 08:30 - 12:00

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

Classical Live

Tomorrow 12:00 - 14:00

Tom McKinney with highlights from the East Neuk Music Festival, and from the Proms, Simon Rattle conducts Bruckner's 4th.

Choral Evensong

Tomorrow 14:00 - 15:00

From St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, with Genesis Sixteen, and music by Parry, Victoria, Esquivel, Stanford and Philips.

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg

Tomorrow 15:00 - 16:00

3/5. As the world descended into war, Kate Molleson explores Schoenberg's breakthrough musical development, one of a number of systems he invented, and his terror of the number 13.

In Tune

Tomorrow 16:00 - 18:30

Katie Derham with live performance of Brahms and Janacek, reimagined by ZRI.

In Tune Mixtape

Tomorrow 18:30 - 19:00

Half and hour of back to back classical music including works by Mendelssohn and Debussy.

BBC Proms 2024

Tomorrow 19:00 - 21:00

Live at the BBC Proms: Florence + The Machine joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a fresh take on the BRIT Award-winning Lungs.

Night Tracks

Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:30

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

'Round Midnight

Tomorrow 22:30 - 23:30

Soweto pulls out a track ahead of the saxophonist's birthday this weekend.

Through the Night

Tomorrow 23:30 - 05:30

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

Thu Sep 12
Breakfast

Thursday 05:30 - 08:30

Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Essential Classics

Thursday 08:30 - 12:00

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Classical Live

Thursday 12:00 - 15:00

Tom McKinney with performances from the recent East Neuk Festival in Fife plus the Chineke! Orchestra at the Proms.

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg

Thursday 15:00 - 16:00

4/5. Kate Molleson explores Schoenberg's changing relationship with religion and his attitudes towards faith.

In Tune

Thursday 16:00 - 17:30

Katie Derham with live music from oboist Nicholas Daniel and pianist Julius Drake.

BBC Proms 2024

Thursday 17:30 - 20:00

Live at the BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Jaime Martín perform Bacewicz and Prokofiev. Nemanja Radulovic is soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Night Tracks

Thursday 20:00 - 21:15

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

BBC Proms 2024

Thursday 21:15 - 23:00

Live at the BBC Proms: András Schiff performs Bach's The Art of Fugue.

'Round Midnight

Thursday 23:00 - 23:30

Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.

Through the Night

Thursday 23:30 - 05:30

The RTV Slovenia SO is joined by cellist Tamás Varga for Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 1, followed by Beethoven's Symphony No 2. John Shea presents.

Fri Sep 13
Breakfast

Friday 05:30 - 08:30

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

Essential Classics

Friday 08:30 - 12:00

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Classical Live

Friday 12:00 - 15:00

Tom McKinney with a chamber performance from Scotland plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Shostakovich 5 from the Proms.

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg

Friday 15:00 - 16:00

5/5. Kate Molleson explores Schoenberg's final years in exile in the US.

In Tune

Friday 16:00 - 18:00

Katie Derham in conversation with pianist Sir Stephen Hough.

Classical Mixtape

Friday 18:00 - 18:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Handel, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky side by side with Carwithen, Bologne and Mealor.

BBC Proms 2024

Friday 18:30 - 21:00

Live at the BBC Proms: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with Antonello Manacorda conducting, in symphonies by Mozart, Louise Farrenc and Beethoven - his 'Eroica'.

Late Junction

Friday 21:00 - 22:30

Verity Sharp marks 25 years of adventurous music with Late Junction memories, highlights and old friends, as well as some brand new releases.

'Round Midnight

Friday 22:30 - 23:30

Highlights from their performance at the Cully Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

Through the Night

Friday 23:30 - 05:30

Dutch piano duo and brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform Mendelsohn's Concerto for Two Pianos with the Basel Symphony Orchestra. John Shea presents.

Sat Sep 14
Breakfast

Saturday 05:30 - 08:00

Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

Last Night Proms Countdown

Saturday 08:00 - 11:00

Tom Service plays highlights from this year's Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Last Night Proms Countdown

Saturday 11:00 - 12:00

Georgia Mann continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Last Night Proms Countdown

Saturday 12:00 - 13:00

Petroc Trelawny continues a day of celebration, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Last Night Proms Countdown

Saturday 13:00 - 15:00

Andrew McGregor continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Last Night Proms Countdown

Saturday 15:00 - 16:00

Hannah French continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Last Night Proms Countdown

Saturday 16:00 - 18:00

Jess Gillam counts us down to the Last Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

BBC Proms 2024

Saturday 18:00 - 22:00

Live at the BBC Proms: the season closes with Angel Blue and Sir Stephen Hough joining the BBC BBC Singers, Symphony Chorus and Symphony Orchestra with conductor Sakari Oramo.

New Music Show

Saturday 22:00 - 23:30

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Sofia Gubaidulina's The Wrath of God and Anders Hillborg's Dreaming River and ensemble Shui Mo plays music by Yuting Chan, Yingying Wen.

Through the Night

Saturday 23:30 - 05:30

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and conductor Semyon Bychkov are joined by soloists and choirs for Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand. John Shea presents.

Sun Sep 15
Breakfast

Sunday 05:30 - 08:00

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

Sunday Morning

Sunday 08:00 - 11:00

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you're making a cup of tea or heading out for a stroll.

Private Passions

Sunday 11:00 - 12:30

Michael Berkeley's guest is the best-selling crime writer Ann Cleeves, whose books have been adapted into the popular TV drama series Vera and Shetland.

Music Map

Sunday 12:30 - 14:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Sibelius's The Swan of Tuonela, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Choral Evensong

Sunday 14:00 - 15:00

A service of thanksgiving and celebration for the 2024 BBC Proms, live from Holy Sepulchre Church, London.

Jazz Record Requests

Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music from Duke Ellington, Kokoroko, Diana Krall, Charlie Parker & more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk.

The Early Music Show

Sunday 16:00 - 17:00

Hannah French welcomes musicologist Fabrice Fitch & director of the Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman, to learn about their recent reconstruction of Obrecht's Scaramella Mass.

Words and Music

Sunday 17:00 - 18:15

Beethoven, Schumann, Wagner, Caspar David Friedrich's art, the writing of Goethe, ETA Hoffmann, Novalis and Dorothea Schlegel feature in an episode celebrating German Romanticism.

Sunday Feature: Schoenberg in...

Sunday 18:15 - 19:00

...the USA. Marin Alsop asks what happened to Arnold Schoenberg and his music after he moved to the United States in 1933. With Larry Schoenberg, Mitsuko Uchida, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

Drama on 3: Churchill versus Reith

Sunday 19:00 - 20:30

Churchill wants to commandeer the BBC during the general strike of 1926. Reith is determined to oppose him.

New Generation Artists

Sunday 20:30 - 21:00

Chamber music recordings by artists on the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

Night Tracks

Sunday 21:00 - 22:30

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

Unclassified

Sunday 22:30 - 23:30

Elizabeth Alker offers up the latest genre-defying music and sitar virtuoso Jasdeep Singh Degun is in the Listening Chair to select a special track that transports him elsewhere.

Through the Night

Sunday 23:30 - 05:30

Ilyich Rivas conducts the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in music by Schoenberg and Brahms. John Shea presents.

Mon Sep 16
Breakfast

Monday 05:30 - 08:30

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Essential Classics

Monday 08:30 - 12:00

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Classical Live

Monday 12:00 - 15:00

Linton Stephens showcases the best soloists, orchestras & ensembles, including Alice Coote live from Wigmore Hall and highlights from the Leeds International Piano Competition.

Composer of the Week: Holst

Monday 15:00 - 16:00

1/5. Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Gustav Holst. How did a failing music student come to one day compose The Planets?

In Tune

Monday 16:00 - 18:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Classical Mixtape

Monday 18:00 - 18:30

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

Radio 3 in Concert

Monday 18:30 - 20:45

Elim Chan conducts the RSNO in a triple bill of concertos by Wynton Marsalis, Schoenberg & Lutoslawski with star soloists trumpeter Alison Balsom and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

The Essay: Five Kinds of Amadeus

Monday 20:45 - 21:00

Geoffrey Colman speaks to Vanessa-Mae, Jane Glover, Mark Anthony Turnage, Simon Callow and poet Patrick Mackie about Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, and their relationship with Mozart.

Night Tracks

Monday 21:00 - 22:30

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

'Round Midnight

Monday 22:30 - 23:30

Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.

Through the Night

Monday 23:30 - 05:30

Stéphane Denève conducts the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, in music exploring the otherworldly. Presented by John Shea.

Tue Sep 17
Breakfast

Tuesday 05:30 - 08:30

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Essential Classics

Tuesday 08:30 - 12:00

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

Classical Live

Tuesday 12:00 - 15:00

Linton Stephens with highlights from the Leeds International Piano Competition, chamber music from the Edinburgh International Festival & Bernstein from the WDR Symphony Orchestra.

Composer of the Week: Holst

Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00

2/5. Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Gustav Holst. At college, Holst meets his match in fellow composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

In Tune

Tuesday 16:00 - 18:00

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Classical Mixtape

Tuesday 18:00 - 18:30

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

Radio 3 in Concert

Tuesday 18:30 - 20:45

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts music by Mahler and Bruckner at the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival with guest mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht and baritone Thomas Lehman.

The Essay: Five Kinds of Amadeus

Tuesday 20:45 - 21:00

Geoffrey Colman speaks to Vanessa-Mae, Jane Glover, Mark Anthony Turnage, Simon Callow and poet Patrick Mackie about Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, and their relationship with Mozart.

Night Tracks

Tuesday 21:00 - 22:30

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

'Round Midnight

Tuesday 22:30 - 23:30

Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.

Through the Night

Tuesday 23:30 - 05:30

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, plus Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and Mozart's Symphony No 40 from Lugano. Presented by John Shea.