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Today 06:30 - 09:30

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Today 09:30 - 13:00

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

Today 13:00 - 16:00

Pianist Julius Asal live at Wigmore Hall, plus exclusive archive Alfred Brendel and the Beethoven piano concertos and a chance to cactch recent recordings from winners of The Leeds.

Today 16:00 - 17:00

1/5. Donald Macleod traces Copland's roots and his first steps in music.

Today 17:00 - 19:00

Katie Derham with live music in the studio from pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Julius Asal and soprano Lisette Oropesa talks to us from The Met.

Today 19:00 - 19:30

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

Today 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sakari Oramo in Mozart's final work - his dark-hued Requiem. Martin Helmchen is the soloist in Mozart's C Minor Piano Concerto.

Today 21:45 - 22:00

Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

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

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras, with a focus on new British artists.

Tomorrow 00:30 - 06:30

The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne celebrate the diverse inspirations of American music with composers Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Jessie Montgomery.

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

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

Tomorrow 13:00 - 16:00

Alfred Brendel performs Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Jaedan Isik-Dzurko plays Scriabin & Rachmaninov from Wigmore Hall.

Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00

2/5. Donald Macleod explores Copland's Parisian education and bruising reviews.

Tomorrow 17:00 - 19:00

Katie welcomes pianist Kirill Gerstein to In Tune.

Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30

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

Tomorrow 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC Singers, King's College Choir and BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Daniel Hyde perform The Dream of Gerontius in Cambridge.

Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:00

Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

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

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras, with a focus on new British artists.

Wednesday 00:30 - 06:30

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is the soloist in Chopin's second piano concerto in this concert from Budapest, alongside Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony and Kodály's Dances from Galánta.

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

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

Wednesday 13:00 - 15:00

Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 in an archive recording with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, plus pianist Jaedan Isik-Dzurko with a masterpiece by Bach.

Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00

An Epiphany Carol Service from St Luke's, Chelsea, London, with music by Sheppard, Clemens, Crotch, Morten Lauridsen, Philip Stopford, John Rutter and Bruckner.

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00

3/5. Donald Macleod follows Copland's quest for a music that speaks of America.

Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00

Chinese pipa virtuoso and composer Gao Hong joins Katie Derham to play live music from her new album.

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Wednesday 19:30 - 21:45

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs an arrangement of Schumann's Marches, Franck's only extant symphony, and Finzi's Clarinet Concerto with Nicholas Carpenter as soloist.

Wednesday 21:45 - 22:00

Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

Wednesday 22:00 - 23:30

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

Wednesday 23:30 - 00:30

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras, with a focus on new British artists.

Thursday 00:30 - 06:30

Tenors Levy Sekgapane and Lawrence Brownlee share the stage in this opera extravaganza, singing arias by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini among others.

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

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

Thursday 13:00 - 16:00

Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto in an archive recording from Munich, plus Elgar's Enigma Variations from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Thursday 16:00 - 17:00

4/5. Donald Macleod examines Copland's closest collaborations - and his political controversies.

Thursday 17:00 - 19:00

Mezzo-soprano Katie Bray is joined by pianist Will Van to perform from and talk about her new Kurt Weill album as well as violin & piano duo Elena Urioste & Tom Poster.

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Thursday 19:30 - 21:45

Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary Everest of piano concertos and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Thursday 21:45 - 22:00

Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

Thursday 22:00 - 23:30

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

Thursday 23:30 - 00:30

BBC Radio 3 is taking listeners on a coast-to-coast musical journey across the United States, as 2026 marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Friday 00:30 - 06:30

French pianist Alexandre Tharaud displays his wide repertoire in this concert from Barcelona. Starting with Bach, he moves on to Ravel, and Dukas' The Sorceror's Apprentice.

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

Live from Boston, Georgia Mann presents a musical postcard of the city, meets the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, plus live music from Marc-André Hamelin and Christina Day Martinson.

Friday 13:00 - 16:00

Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto in an exclusive archive recording plus prize winners from the Leeds International Piano Competition in recent London recitals.

Friday 16:00 - 17:00

5/5. Donald Macleod traces Copland's later years as conductor and chronicler.

Friday 17:00 - 19:00

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

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

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

Friday 19:30 - 21:45

Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in Saffron Hall, including Julius Asal playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Francesca Chiejina in songs by him and Cole Porter.

Friday 21:45 - 22:00

Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.

Friday 22:00 - 23:30

Jennifer Lucy Allan selects tracks for the week of St Distaff's, the time when workers traditionally pick up their tools again after the revelry of the year's end.

Friday 23:30 - 00:30

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras, with a focus on new British artists.

Saturday 00:30 - 06:30

Mikhail Mering conducts the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Mozart's Symphony no 36 'Linz'.

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

In the second leg of Radio 3's journey across America, Petroc Trelawny visits Philadelphia to explore the stars and places shaping Philly's vibrant classical musical life today.

Saturday 12:00 - 13:00

Jools is joined by Stewart Copeland, drummer, composer and founder of The Police, with music by Adams, Debussy and Liszt.

Saturday 13:00 - 14:00

Justin Webb (Today and Americast presenter) explores the surprising relationship between classical music and American political history.

Saturday 14:00 - 16:00

Conductor Alice Farnham's personal recommendation for Copland's Symphony no.3, plus the best of the week's new releases.

Saturday 16:00 - 17:00

A weekly celebration of the greatest film scores with Edith Bowman- Craig Armstrong talks about the music of Hildur GuDnadóttir, and Dom Joly chooses his Pick of the Flicks.

Saturday 17:00 - 18:00

Jess Gillam is joined by Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke to share some of the tracks they love and chat all things music.

Saturday 18:00 - 22:00

Live from the New York Met, Bellini's operatic depiction of madness, I Puritani.

Saturday 22:00 - 23:00

Kathryn Tickell embarks on a musical journey across the USA, with tracks from Irish-American duo Martin Haynes and Dennis Cahill, Louisiana accordionist Clifton Chenier and more.

Saturday 23:00 - 00:30

American composer Sarah Hennies shares her essential listening with Kate Molleson plus a new work from Luis Fernando Amaya.

Sunday 00:30 - 06:30

Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela Montero performs her 'Latin' concerto with the Gstaad Festival Orchestra under the direction of Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.

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

Petroc Trelawny celebrates the music of North Texas, with guests including conductor Robert Spano and composer Quinn Mason, and live music from Orpheus Chamber Singers.

Sunday 12:00 - 13:30

Michael Berkeley's guest is the singer, actor and Broadway star Vanessa Williams, whose musical passions include Bach, Copland, Bernstein and Jennifer Higdon.

Sunday 13:30 - 15:00

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey with a Czech flavour as she goes in search of Dvorak's evergreen Scherzo Capriccioso.

Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

From St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Sunday 16:00 - 17:00

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Sunday 17:00 - 18:00

Music from Renaissance Scotland as it would have been heard in the now-ruined Chapel Royal, whose lost acoustic has been reconstructed for a new recording by the Binchois Consort.

Sunday 18:00 - 19:15

Rhashan Stone and Caitlin Fitzgerald read from prose and poetry conveying a sense of freedom in America, alongside music by Copland, Florence Price, Miles Davis, Jessie Montgomery.

Sunday 19:15 - 20:00

Against a backdrop of financial crisis and disinvestment in New York City, New Music was born. Writer Richard King explores the conditions for creativity in New York in the 1970s.

Sunday 20:00 - 20:59

Continuing BBC Radio 3's celebration of American music, here are two less-well known pieces from the States - William Schuman's Fifth Symphony and Leonard Bernstein's Songfest.

Sunday 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 revolutionary compositions of US maverick, Henry Cowell.

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

Sonic vistas, open strings, mountainous atmospheres, canyons of sound... Elizabeth Alker embarks on a musical roadtrip through America's ambient landscapes.

Monday 00:30 - 06:30

Gottfried von der Goltz directs the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at a concert from the 2025 Saar International Music Festival.

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 presents live from the City of Angels, including a visit to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and live music from film music pianist and conductor, Scott Dunn.

Monday 13:00 - 16:00

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including the Casals Quartet playing Bach and Shostakovich and orchestral music from great American composers.

Monday 16:00 - 17:00

Donald Macleod explores Gottschalk's youth in New Orleans and Paris, where revolution is in the air.

Monday 17:00 - 19:00

Katie Derham is joined by violinist Roman Mints for a live performance in studio, linked to London's Another Music Festival: Displaced - which Roman curates.

Monday 19:00 - 19:30

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Gjeilo, Brahms, and Mangore.

Monday 19:30 - 21:45

The Minnesota Orchestra is joined by star pianist Bruce Liu for Prokofiev's dazzling 3rd Concerto and the orchestra revels in Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

Monday 21:45 - 22:00

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.

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

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras, with a focus on new British artists.