Today 15:00 - 16:00
From St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, during the Charles Wood Festival, with music by Wood, Stanford and Duruflé.
703: BBC Radio 3
Wed Sep 09
Today 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Donald Macleod reflects back on the life and work of Titan of Musical Theatre Stephen Sondheim.
Today 17:00 - 19:00
Wind band Blondel performs live, and author Sacha Langton-Gilks discusses her new book Sing: The Power of Singing Aloud in an Increasingly Discordant World.
Today 19:00 - 20:50
Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pawel Kapula and soprano Natalya Romaniw perform music by Strauss, Schubert, Henze and Mahler.
Today 20:50 - 22:00
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including music by Bach, Debussy, and Rachmaninov.
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
Seonaid Aitken returns with more exciting jazz music from the UK and around the world, and Emma Smith is back with her third Flowers selection of the week.
Thu Sep 10
Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30
Delyana Lazarova conducts the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sibelius' Finlandia, Dvorák's popular Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4.
Tomorrow 06:30 - 09:30
Linton Stephens 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 highlights from the Proms including music by Schumann. From Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Benjamin Appl performs Beethoven.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
4/5. Donald Macleod reflects back on the life and work of Titan of Musical Theatre Stephen Sondheim.
Tomorrow 17:00 - 19:00
Members of the Hunan Song and Dance Theatre perform live in the studio and dancer Steven McRae and violinist Vasko Vassilev on their new Paganini project.
Tomorrow 19:00 - 21:25
Live at the BBC Proms: Jonathan Cohen directs Arcangelo in Bach's Mass in B minor, with soloists Jeanine De Bique, Eva Zaïcik, Hugh Cutting, Nick Pritchard and Florian Störtz.
Tomorrow 21:25 - 22:00
Half and hour of back-to-back classical music, including Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and George Gerswhin's Lullaby for Strings.
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:30
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:30
Seonaid Aitken, sitting in for Soweto Kinch, presents another hour of the best in jazz, and Emma Smith returns with her fourth Flowers choice of the week.
Fri Sep 11
Friday 00:30 - 06:30
French virtuoso pianist David Fray performs in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20. Also, we hear the Irish premiere of Cindy McTee's 'Timepiece' and Richard Strauss's 'Ein Heldenleben'.
Friday 06:30 - 09:30
Linton Stephens 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 highlights from the Proms including music by Schumann plus music from Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen.
Friday 16:00 - 17:00
5/5. Donald Macleod reflects back on the life and work of Titan of Musical Theatre Stephen Sondheim.
Friday 17:00 - 19:30
Petroc Trelawny welcomes Sir Bryn Terfel to 80A for a chat and a live performance with Marios Papadopoulos on piano. Trio Zadig are also live in session.
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
Friday 20:00 - 22:00
Live at the BBC Proms: the Mahler Academy Orchestra recreate the original sound and style of Mahler's Ninth Symphony under conductor Philipp von Steinaecker.
Friday 22:00 - 23:30
Jennifer Lucy Allan digs deep into the shelves of her record collection to pull out boundary-pushing and unique experimental tracks available exclusively on vinyl.
Friday 23:30 - 00:30
Seonaid Aitken is back with more of the best jazz from the UK and around the world, and she welcomes Scottish producer and multi-instrumentalist corto.alto as her mixtape guest.
Sat Sep 12
Saturday 00:30 - 06:30
Cellist Julian Steckel joins the Auckland Philharmonia and conductor Giordano Bellincampi in Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 2.
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 plays the best classical music alongside the latest stories in the arts world, and he meets cellist Jean Guihen Queryas and composer Dame Judith Weir.
Saturday 12:00 - 13:00
Jools is joined by architectural writer and conservation specialist Will Palin.
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
1822, Vienna. Rossini fever sweeps the opera world.
Saturday 14:00 - 16:00
Andrew McGregor with the week's best new classical releases, joined by Flora Willson to assess a new Wagner Ring cycle from Dallas, and Mark Lowther on Nielsen's Symphony No. 2.
Saturday 16:00 - 17:00
Step into the world of film music with Edith Bowman as she showcases score and soundtrack highlights. This week, legendary director John Carpenter reveals his Pick of the Flicks.
Saturday 17:00 - 18:00
Jess Gillam and countertenor Iestyn Davies share some of their favourite music, including blur, Bernstein, and Borodin.
Saturday 18:00 - 19:00
Lopa Kothari presents the best in folk and roots-based music from around the world, with music from Corsican ensemble L'Alba and Scottish traditional quartet Dàna.
Saturday 19:00 - 23:00
Live at the BBC Proms: Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by conductor Sakari Oramo.
Saturday 23:00 - 00:30
Kate Molleson presents performances from Spitalfields Festival by the ensemble Standard Issue, plus the latest new releases.
Sun Sep 13
Sunday 00:30 - 06:30
Tchaikovsky's Nocturne in C sharp minor and his Variations on a Rococo Theme, as well as Mahler's 5th Symphony, a declaration of love to his future wife Alma.
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 the perfect playlist to accompany your Sunday morning, and a chance to reflect on another joyous season of the BBC Proms coming to a close.
Sunday 12:00 - 13:30
Michael Berkeley's guest is the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
Sunday 13:30 - 15:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical route to Ralph Vaughan Williams' orchestral setting of the English folk song Dives and Lazarus.
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
Martin Handley continues his four-part series aiming to demystify the role of the conductor. Today, he finds out how young conductors learn the trade and how they learn a score.
Sunday 16:00 - 17:00
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, including Oscar Peterson, The Swingle Sisters, Cleo Laine and a Beatles classic from guitarist Jeff Beck.
Sunday 17:00 - 18:00
Hannah French looks at the life and legacy of an extraordinary 16th-century polymath, Edward Herbert, Lord Herbert of Cherbury.
Sunday 18:00 - 19:00
A Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration for the 2026 BBC Proms, live from Holy Sepulchre, London, the National Musicians' Church.
Sunday 19:00 - 19:30
The history of the unsung hero of contemporary music - the recorded loop - through interviews, unique looping performances and recordings from the 1940s to the present day.
Sunday 19:30 - 19:45
Dr Jacob Downs is a composer and music researcher at Newcastle University. He finds out how whispering is used in popular song and why millions of people download whisper videos.
Sunday 19:45 - 21:00
With writing by GK Chesterton, Camille Ralphs, Richmal Crompton and musical settings of St Francis's poem The Canticle of the Sun composed by Amy Beach and Sofia Gubaidulina.
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Goldie on the two-way traffic between classical music and popular music of Black British origin: artists reaching for the orchestra, and composers reaching for the beat.
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
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists.
Mon Sep 14
Monday 00:30 - 06:30
From the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, La fonte musica performs Vespro della Beata Vergine.
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
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a live concert from Wigmore Hall with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and pianist Sergey Rybin.
Monday 16:00 - 17:00
1/5. Kate Molleson explores the last five years of Franz Schubert's life, focusing today on the year 1824, when Schubert composes his Rosamunde String Quartet.
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
Mahler's cantata Das klagende Lied is performed by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC SSO and soloists under conductor Sir Donald Runnicles at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Monday 21:45 - 22:00
Nicky Spence goes inside the human voice, exploring the remarkable anatomy and mechanics that transform breath into song.
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 Kinch returns with another week of the best in jazz, and he welcomes Australian multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne as his 4/4 guest from Monday to Thursday.
Tue Sep 15
Tuesday 00:30 - 06:30
The Polish Radio Choir - Luslawice with the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, conducted by Michal Klauza, perform Brahms's longest composition and largest-ensemble work.
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
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings, including highlights from summer festivals in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Edinburgh.
Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00
2/5. Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert's life, focusing today on the year 1825, when Schubert began his Symphony No. 9.
Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
Tuesday 19:00 - 21:45
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's monumental cantata The Song of Hiawatha from the Edinburgh International Festival, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and conductor Rafael Payare.
Tuesday 21:45 - 22:00
Why does every voice sound different? Tenor Nicky Spence investigates how anatomy, language, accent and technique combine to create our unique vocal identities.
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 an hour of exciting new releases and jazz classics, and Australian multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne returns to share her second 4/4 choice of the week.
Wed Sep 16
Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30
Marimba player Matthias Würsch plays in Ney Rosauro's Concerto No 1 for Marimba and String Orchestra. Guitarist Pedro Matéo González joins them for Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
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
Mark Forrest introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings, including highlights from summer festivals in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Edinburgh.
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00
Live from Ely Cathedral, with music to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of organist and composer Arthur Wills, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral from 1958 to 1990.
Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00
3/5. Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert's life. In 1826, amid financial worries, Schubert begins to consider a position at court.
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
Pianist Steven Osborne performs music by Schubert in tribute to the late pianist Alfred Brendel.
Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00
Nicky Spence explores the many ways singers shape and adapt the most versatile instrument of all.
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
Soweto presents more of the best new releases and jazz classics, and Australian trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne has a third favourite album to share for 4/4.
Thu Sep 17
Thursday 00:30 - 06:30
Musicians at 'Festival & Friends' in Copenhagen perform Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor, Poulenc's Flute Sonata and Bacewicz's Piano Quintet No 1.