Today 00:30 - 06:30
Mahler's haunting Rückert Lieder with Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca feature in this concert from Switzerland, alongside Mahler's Tenth Symphony and Boulez's Mémoriale.
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703: BBC Radio 3
Sun Jan 25
Today 06:30 - 09:00
Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Today 09:00 - 12:00
Join Sarah Walker for three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, including a calming Choral Reflection at 9.45, and another specially chosen Sunday Sequence.
Today 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is the stage and screen actor Paul Chahidi, whose musical passions include Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Persian folk music and Sondheim.
Today 13:30 - 15:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch charts a course to The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Britten, featuring composers inspired by the past, or exploring different sections of an orchestra.
Today 15:00 - 16:00
Live from St Paul's Cathedral, with music by Judith Bingham, Walmisley, Wood and Parry.
Today 16:00 - 17:00
Alyn Shipton has saxophones to the fore with Bobby Wellins, Harry Allen and Serge Chaloff. Plus we hear from jazz vocalists Anna Pancaldi, Cyrille Aimee and Peg LaCentra.
Today 17:00 - 18:00
Hannah French explores a new set of Brandenburg Concertos, based on JS Bach's organ trios, which have been recently recorded by Concerto Copenhagen.
Today 18:00 - 19:15
A celebration of the reign of Queen Victoria with prose, poetry and music from writers and composers of the era, including words from Victoria and music from Prince Albert.
Today 19:15 - 19:45
Nandini Das reflects upon memory, displacement and myth at the extreme points of India and Sri Lanka, where the two nations nearly touch.
Today 19:45 - 20:00
Historian, singer and New Generation Thinker Ellie Chan visits Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, in search of a fascinating relic of Tudor musical culture.
Today 20:00 - 21:00
The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.
Today 21:00 - 22:00
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Kate explores the world of the pioneering Egyptian composer Halim El-Dabh.
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
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists.
Mon Jan 26
Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30
The Swedish Radio Choir sings a carefully selected programme of sacred and secular music, spanning from Palestrina to Ligeti.
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
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a live concert from Wigmore Hall with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
1/5. Donald Macleod takes a tour of the early life of Franz Xaver Mozart, including the complicated relationship with his mother, Constanze.
Tomorrow 17:00 - 19:00
Live music from the Piatti Quartet.
Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Tomorrow 19:30 - 21:45
The Ukranian pianist Vadym Kholodenko performs works by Beethoven, Lyatoshinsky, and Liszt in concert at Wigmore Hall in London.
Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:00
Rachel Cooke looks at the disappointments of the creative life. Creative disappointment, which often follows years of solitary work, is, she feels, one of the worst kinds.
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
The in-demand rising UK trumpeter Poppy Daniels is Soweto's guest all this week.
Tue Jan 27
Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30
The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne performs Bruckner's Eighth Symphony that the composer himself described as a 'mystery'.
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
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
2/5. Donald Macleod sees Franz Xaver Mozart leave Vienna to take up work in Galicia, signalling a creative explosion in new works.
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 Philharmonic with chief conductor John Storgårds in music by John Adams and Charles Ives. They are joined by Alim Beisembayev for Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.
Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00
Rachel Cooke surveys the perils and pitfalls of dating and argues that kissing a few frogs may not be such a bad thing after all.
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 spins a release from the Newcastle-based punk, afrobeat, punk jazz band Ponyland.
Wed Jan 28
Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30
From the 2025 BBC Proms, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and conductor Dalia Stasevska, joined by Farnham Youth Choir, perform Holst, John Williams and Caroline Shaw.
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 introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00
Live from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, with music by Warlock, Errollyn Wallen and Mendelssohn.
Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Donald Macleod surveys Franz Xaver Mozart's secret love affair with a married women, Countess Josephine.
Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc welcomes conductor Robert Trevino and folk ensemble Hedera to In Tune.
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45
The London Symphony Orchestra performs Bartok with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, plus the ballet music from Manuel de Falla's Three Cornered Hat.
Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00
Food - so often highly anticipated and so often a little bit... disappointing. Rachel Cooke asks why.
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
Long-term collaborator duo Finn Rees and Allysha Joy are back with a heady new release.
Thu Jan 29
Thursday 00:30 - 06:30
The Basel Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony. Plus the premiere of Dieter Ammann's viola concerto.
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 an afternoon of specially made recordings including a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Thursday 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Donald Macleod follows Franz Xaver Mozart on his tour of Europe, including his first ever meeting with his aunt, Nannerl.
Thursday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc introduces live music from Peter Moore, Maxim Vengerov and Evgenia Startseva.
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 Ryan Bancroft perform Sibelius's 5th Symphony, Ida Moberg's Sunrise Suite, and Ben Goldscheider joins them for horn concerti.
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
Rachel Cooke looks at the disappointments which seem to be built into political life and affectionately recalls her own thwarted political efforts, during her student days.
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 an optimistic track from the British jazz soul trio The Peddlers.
Fri Jan 30
Friday 00:30 - 06:30
Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz performs with Vespres d'Arnadí and harpsichordist and conductor Dani Espasa at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.
Friday 06:30 - 09:30
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Friday 09:30 - 13:00
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Friday 13:00 - 16:00
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a performance of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Friday 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Donald Macleod pursues Franz Xaver Mozart as he returns to Vienna, a period when his health began to rapidly decline.
Friday 17:00 - 19:00
Petroc with live music from Leon McCawley and Tom Ollendorff and his band.
Friday 19:00 - 19:30
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Friday 19:30 - 21:45
Richard Balcombe conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in classic film scores from British cinema, from Chichester Festival Theatre. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Friday 21:45 - 22:00
Rachel Cooke confesses to being disappointed on what she thought was going to be the trip of a lifetime, and wonders if that says more about her or about the holiday.
Friday 22:00 - 23:30
Verity Sharp presents another gloriously unpredictable late-night sonic journey, including near-dystopian early gospel and the sounds of a house in the process of disappearing.
Friday 23:30 - 00:30
Four legends of British jazz are live in session for 'Round Midnight with a new project.
Sat Jan 31
Saturday 00:30 - 06:30
The Hallé family of orchestra and choirs perform James MacMillan's Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler's life-affirming Fifth Symphony. Penny Gore presents.
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 Service talks to Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and shares the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend.
Saturday 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by Croatian director and actor Kresimir Dolencic.
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
Justin Webb (Today and Americast presenter) explores the relationship between classical music and American political history. Today, the musical influence of immigrants and emigrés.
Saturday 14:00 - 16:00
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by Charlotte Gardner and Kenneth Hamilton, who picks his favourite recording of Brahms's Paganini Variations.
Saturday 16:00 - 17:00
Edith Bowman presents an outstanding selection of film scores, joined by composer Sheridan Tongue for Harmonising Hollywood, and Rufus Wainwright shares his Pick of the Flicks.
Saturday 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam swaps tracks with Jane Mitchell, the principle flute and Creative Director of Aurora Orchestra, including music by Shostakovich, Tori Amos and Thomas Adès.
Saturday 18:00 - 21:30
Richard Strauss's operatic depiction of the trials and tribulations of the landed gentry in 19th-century Vienna, as well as one noblewoman's search for authentic love.
Saturday 21:30 - 22:30
Lopa Kothari curates a selection of new roots based music from across the globe including fresh music from Basque accordionist extraordinaire Xabi Aburruzaga.
Saturday 22:30 - 00:30
Experimental music including Ruth Morley's Reef, Karen Power's Can you hear me now? and a work for worldless chorus written in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sun Feb 01
Sunday 00:30 - 06:30
From the Romantic Round of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, quartets by Mendelssohn, Debussy and Brahms. Jonathan Swain presents.
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 Sarah Walker for a warm, good-humoured soundtrack for the start of February, blending lyrical string writing, joyful Bach and expansive symphonic music.
Sunday 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is the botanist Sandra Knapp, who has worked extensively in the rainforests of Central and Southern America, finding and naming undiscovered plants.
Sunday 13:30 - 15:00
Redemptive love is Sarah Mohr-Pietsch's destination with Schoenberg's heartfelt early work. Along the way, Sarah stops for music including JS Bach, Wagner and Dolly Parton.
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
Live from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, with music by Warlock, Errollyn Wallen and Mendelssohn.
Sunday 16:00 - 17:00
Alyn Shipton present jazz records of all styles, including music from Camilla George, John McLaughlin and the classic Joy Spring performed by Clifford Brown and Max Roach.
Sunday 17:00 - 18:00
Hannah French visits Christ Church College in Oxford, which was founded as Cardinal College by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525.
Sunday 18:00 - 19:15
We're thinking big as we contemplate giants, looking at the expanse of the sea, sky and cosmos and meeting a host of fictional giants - and the odd elephant.
Sunday 19:15 - 19:45
The high-frequency trading route using radio antennas between New York and Chicago inspired a six-week recording road trip following the money on this high speed data race.
Sunday 19:45 - 20:00
From 19th-century women composers to 21st-century music therapy - how can playing and listening to music allow women to explore their experiences of pregnancy loss?
Sunday 20:00 - 21:00
The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week: worlds of colour, ecstasy and birdsong in the music of a French master.
Sunday 22:00 - 23:30
Hannah Peel 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 music by an exciting new generation of unclassified composers and performers, breaking free of the constraints of practice rooms and concert halls.